A letter to my son never born

Originally posted on A Voice for Men: and is republished here in its entirety with permission from the author January 21, 2013 By  Dr. F (Ian Williams) Dear son, Happy 18th birthday. Thank you for opening this letter to you not before this day as was my request written on the envelope. I know that you are doing well, and…

Personal Responsibility

Spider-Man was wrong. Well, his uncle was, anyway. The maxim “With great power comes great responsibility” isn’t exactly correct. Rather, the reverse is accurate: With personal responsibility comes greatness and personal power. Now, while you ponder that thought for a moment, let me add one more note so you know where I’m coming from. Normally…

Addressing Violence Against Women & Their Children

Recently Prime Minister Tony Abbott, in conjunction with the Minister for Social Services Kevin Andrews, and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Women Michaelia Cash, published a press release addressing so-called “Violence against Women and ‘their’ Children”. Needless to say, and sadly, completely as expected, despite the fact that men are far more likely than women to be victims…

Why Do Women “Get It” Quicker Than Men?

Author: Catreece MacLeod I had an interesting conversation a few days ago with John Narayan of Melbourne Australia, and he had a question that I think warrants further discussion: He asked “Why do the women in the movement seem to just get it so much easier than the men?” I had a few answers for…

Trigger Warning: This Is An Article About Trigger Warnings

Author: Catreece MacLeod Before we begin dissecting the concept of trigger warnings, let us first define trigger warnings. A trigger warning is a warning mentioned at the beginning of a piece of media in much the same way someone would place a spoiler warning, except the spoiler in this case is you might be offended…

Why Is Discrimination Bad?

Author: Catreece MacLeod Why Is Discrimination Bad? Well, that’s obvious! It just… is. Right? The question’s a bit odd, though, because most people know these things are wrong these days, yet so few people actually understand why. The average individual just assumes they know why, but rarely do they sit down to reason out what…