Why Are Men Such Fat, Stupid Wasters? #2
My last blog was quite sore on those of my own sex who mope, whinge and generally waste their lives. Now its time to explain why they might be like this. Behold – the glory that is sexual equality on the BBC! Good for…what? Would the world be a better place without men? Scientists claim to have grown human sperm in a lab, and columnists and bloggers are musing on the possibility of...
Read MoreHow to Manage the Men in Your Life
We are holding a workshop at Queen’s University Belfast, What Men Want: How to Manage the Men in Your Life. This is a one-day event. Listen to Allen’s radio interview about the event (11/04/08) on U105 here. Mutual understanding between the sexes is a key for greater harmony in the home, workplace and society. We’ll look at how psychologists have described the differences...
Read MoreDiscover the Truth About the Opposite Sex
The Essential Difference, Simon Baron-Cohen, Penguin Books, 2004 The sub-title blurb of this seminal book is ‘Forget Mars and Venus, and Discover the Truth About the Opposite Sex’. Baron-Cohen, professor of psychology and psychiatry at Cambridge University, goes out of his way to distance his book from its famous predecessor (John Gray, Men are From Mars, Women are From Venus). This...
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Men From Mars: How to Survive on a Strange World (OLE0139) 1-day workshop on Saturday 27 October 2007 Many courses explore woman’s issues. This unique course is designed for men. In it, we will investigate the “men’s movements” and what it means to be male in the 21st century. What is masculinity? Is it connected to adventure-seeking and risk-taking? Can it cope with anger and...
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