Legislating the Body
In 1990, Congress passed the first Anabolic Steroid Control Act (H.R.4658). This bill defined steroids as: ...any drug or hormonal substance that promotes muscle growth in a manner pharmacologically similar…
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What is “Traditional Masculinity?”
Between the recent Gillette advertisement criticizing "toxic masculinity" and the new American Psychological Association's guidelines for the psychological practice with boys and men, everyone is talking about masculinity. Is it…
Feminine Virtue
Some thoughts from yesterday: an acquaintance was asking what makes a woman feminine. The following was my initial response, in part derived from a mirroring of Jack Donovan's explanation of…
#Dadbod is Poison
In case you hadn't heard, "Dad bod" is the word. Major publications like Slate, the Atlantic, GQ, and Business Insider have all had their say on the matter in the last…
Too Much Manliness
C&P Maxim #1: The beginning of all sophistry is the redefinition of words. An ongoing conversation about the merits of manliness has been meandering about Western academia and media fronts…