Manhood - Topics

What are your 10 laws of manhood? How different cultures define the standard for becoming a man Do boys' clubs still build character? Why taking responsibility is central to healthy masculinity The pressure to prove manhood and the damage it does Is the bar for manhood the same everywhere? The Maasai warrior initiation and what it demands of a boy Jewish manhood and the ideal of the learned man What actually changes in a man the day he becomes a father? The Promise Keepers movement and evangelical manhood Which milestones serve as the marker of manhood today: marriage or career or something else Do men actually need a rite of passage or is that nostalgia What happens to men who never meet the standard of manhood Boot camp as the last mass rite of passage for American men Breadwinner or not: is the good provider standard still part of manhood What happens to boys who are never told they are men now The protector role and what it costs the men who take it seriously What young men today think a man is supposed to provide The moment a son stops calling his father for advice and what it means for both of them Rites of passage and tests: how societies mark the entry into manhood The 21st century male is the hardest category to close Why modern men have no ceremony and keep inventing their own First deer: hunting as a father-son passage into manhood Coming-of-age ceremonies in Japan and Korea compared Is there really a crisis of manhood or is it being exaggerated? The training of a medieval knight from page to dubbing How historians periodize changing ideals of manhood from antiquity to modernity How did the 20th century redefine what a man was supposed to be? How military basic training rebuilds a man's social reflexes What a bar mitzvah actually marks about becoming a man Celibacy rules and the men who take them on Becoming a man vs staying a decent one: how society views the passage