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Resources and Links

Updated April 30, 2008

 

Understand that this is a highly selective and largely personal list. There are thousands of other resources out there.

 

Updates

·         All links checked and broken links removed as of January 11, 2005. Body and Mind section organized by topic.

·         Minor formatting changes July 13, 2005.

·         Limited link-checking and removal of broken links March 1, 2006.

·         Converted some long links to shorter versions hosted by http://www.tinyurl.com. February 28, 2007.

·         New category: Ritual. November 26, 2007.

·         Expanded "General: Portals" to "General: Portals and Publications" to include Men's Studies Press. April 2008.

·         Added NOTICE regarding selection criteria for men's gatherings, retreats, and trainings. April 2008.

 

NEW items or postings Updated April 30, 2008

Men's Studies Press. A relatively new publisher of journals and books on men's studies. Well worth a look.

http://www.mensstudies.com/

 

Optimal time for sexual intercourse: 3 to 13 minutes.

http://tinyurl.com/4whx8j

 

The School of Natural Wonder, offering vision quests and experiential weekends.

http://www.questvision.org/

 

Please report broken links or suggest new sites to Menletter@aol.com.

 

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Gatherings, Retreats, and Trainings

 

NOTICE

My selection of gatherings or other men's events is a personal choice. I've generally tried to list more modest, non-commercial, non-profit enterprises with no ties to larger organizations.

 

With any gathering or men's event, you would do well to find out more via the organization's website (including any links to sponsoring organizations) and by consulting Google and Wikipedia.

 

Ongoing Trainings and Retreats

 

Circles of Air, Circles of Stone (http://www.questforvision.com/index.html). Sparrow Hart runs vision quests, men's programs, adventures of the spirit. He is co-founder and current leader of the Men's Wisdom Council. Sparrow's Mythic Warrior program trains men in leadership in a nine-weekend program over nine months. You can get more details on Mythic Warrior or any of Sparrow's other programs at his Web site or by e-mail: sparrow@together.net.

 

NEW The School of Natural Wonder (http://www.questvision.org/ for descriptions and schedules). Flynn Johnson and Jill Neitlich run or co-run vision quests and (under "Soul Intensives") a weekend program on transition into elderhood, and a weekend rite of passage for boys 13-17.

 

Yearly and Semiannual Gatherings

 

The Men's Wisdom Council: http://www.rowecenter.org/ - Click on Summer Camps.

The Connecticut Men's Gathering: http://www.comega.org/

The Massachusetts Men's Gathering: http://www.themenscenter.com/mmg/

Mainely Men: http://www.mainelymen.org/

Maine Boys to Men: http://www.boystomen.info/

Maine Coast Men: http://www.mainecoastmen.org/

The Granite Men's Gathering (New Hampshire): http://www.granitemen.com/

The Rhode Island Men's Gathering: http://members.tripod.com/rimensgathering/

Minnesota Men's Conference: http://hiddenwine.com/MMC/index.html

Great Mother and New Father Conference: http://greatmotherconference.com/

California Men's Gathering: http://www.thecmg.org/

Buffalo Gap: Capon Bridge, WV: http://www.menswork.org/

 

General: Portals and Publications

NEW Men's Studies Press. A relatively new publisher of journals and books on men's studies. Well worth a look.

http://www.mensstudies.com/

 

One Web site seems to stand out as a gateway, or portal, to access not only a rich amount of its own material but links to many, many other sites of interest to men (including Menletter): The Men's Center (http://themenscenter.com/). The coverage is astounding.

 

Menstuff is a massive, mostly noncommercial site with many noted authors. They get something like 100,000 visitors a day and have been around for over a decade.

http://menstuff.org/

 

Mensissues - an extensively indexed and categorized listing of articles on men's issues, drawn from Menstuff.org.

http://mensissues.us

 

While not exactly a portal, the My Way collection (http://mysearch.myway.com/jsp/GGdir.jsp?cat=gwd/Top/Society/People/Men) has links to many hundreds of sites to explore.

 

See also the sites for men's groups, below under Society and Community.

 

Ritual

Sweat lodges

http://www.bearspiritvision.com/sweatlodge.htm

http://www.welcomehome.org/rob/sweat/sweat.html

 

Breathwork

http://www.breathwork.com/, http://www.eupsychia.com/IB.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holotropic_Breathwork

 

 

Body and Mind

 

General sites devoted to men's health

 

The first two sites seem especially good.

 

Men's Health ( http://menshealth.com/ ) is the Web presence of the monthly print magazine. On the surface, it's irreverent and raunchy, but it never slides into pornography. The advice on sex, health, exercise, and nutrition is usually well-thought-out and well-researched.

 

The Men's Health Network ( http://www.menshealthnetwork.org/ ) is aimed at both physicians and the general (male) public. It includes an offer for an e-mail newsletter that is always informative.

 

E-Learning tool from International Society for Men's Health and Gender. I haven't tried this yet.

http://www.ismh.org/?id=178

 

Journal of Men's Health and Gender. Seems to be a subscription site, aimed at health professionals. Still worth a look.

http://www.jmhgjournal.org/

 

Healthstuff, an extensively indexed and categorized list of links to health articles in Menstuff.org.

http://healthstuff.us

 

The Men's Health section of Healthopedia. A commercial site with a substantial number of ads, but generally solid information. http://www.healthopedia.com/mens-health.html

 

Body Mass Index and Risk of Suicide Among Men. Not what you'd think: the fatter men had a lower risk.

http://archinte.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/167/5/468

 

Longevity gap narrowing between men and women.

http://my.webmd.com/content/Article/101/106141.htm?printing=true

 

The Male Health Center - Fairly comprehensive information source, sponsored in part by Amazon.com.

http://www.malehealthcenter.com/

 

Medline Plus, a site of the National Institutes of Health (US), has a "Men's Health Topics" section.

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/menshealth.html

 

International Society for Men's Health and Gender: free newsletter. This site comes out of Vienna, Austria, and is well worth reading and subscribing to if you're concerned about health issues that affect men. Newsletter samples and signup:

http://www.ismh.org/ismh/english/newsletter.htm

Main site:

http://www.ismh.org/ismh/english/home.htm

 

General health site; many good men's health topics

http://www.healthday.com/index.cfm

 

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota: A collection of articles on men's health issues http://blueprint.bluecrossmn.com/topic/mens;jsessionid=MSS1TX0HV2BAMCTYAIUDF4Q

 

 

Prostate cancer detection and treatment

 

New prostate cancer study focuses on side effects like urinary and bowel incontinence and erectile dysfunction for four treatment modes.

http://tinyurl.com/2knpn2 from the Philadelphia Inquirer

http://tinyurl.com/372yms from the Wall Street Journal

 

Prostate Cancer Awareness Week. A good site with general information about prostates and about prostate testing, cancer, and treatment.

http://pcaw.org

 

Testosterone Replacement Therapy: Prostate cancer risks overstated.

http://www.urologytimes.com/urologytimes/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=417345

 

When prostate screening is positive and biopsy is negative: Psychological distress.

http://tinyurl.com/2bs5j3

 

A resource site for prostate cancer. http://www.healthopedia.com/prostate-cancer/ 

 

Androgen deprivation therapy in prostate cancer treatment linked to diabetes and cardiovascular disease. http://tinyurl.com/2yvfnw  

 

Intensity Moderated Radiation Therapy and prostate cancer gives good long-term results. http://tinyurl.com/284nt6 

 

New biomarker predicts spread of prostate cancer. http://tinyurl.com/28flvr

 

What To Do If Prostate Cancer Strikes: A Helpbook for Patients. A brief summary of prostate cancer treatments. http://www.cancerresearch.org/prostatebook.html

 

PSA Rising Blog. A Weblog devoted to prostate cancer, with categorized entries. http://www.psa-rising.com/blog/

 

National Prostate Cancer Coalition. You can buy blue wristbands, find out about symptoms and treatment, find out about free screening, and more.

http://www.fightprostatecancer.org/site/PageServer

 

A New View on Prostate Cancer. A study shows that watchful waiting, even among older men, may be just waiting for an early and painful death.

http://www.fightprostatecancer.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=6499&news_iv_ctrl=1001

 

Gillette's Prostate Cancer Challenge website. Loaded with good information.

http://gillettepcc.org/index.asp

 

Prostate Cancer Foundation. Extensive site with on-line booklets, an e-mail newsletter, and so on. You can get blue wrist bands for a small donation.

http://www.prostatecancerfoundation.org/

 

Early prostate cancer screening cuts risks of aggressive cancer. A significant development.

http://www.healthscout.com/news/1/526690/main.html

 

Lifestyle and dietary interventions in prostate cancer prevention and treatment

http://www.seniorjournal.com/NEWS/Health/5-08-11SlowProstateCancer.htm

http://www.jsonline.com/alive/news/aug05/347570.asp

 

Hormone/vaccine treatment for recurrent prostate cancer

http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/jul2005/nci-25.htm

 

The latest on surgery versus watchful waiting.

http://apnews.myway.com//article/20050512/D8A1B83O0.html 

http://my.webmd.com/content/Article/105/107930.htm?printing=true 

http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/352/19/1977

 

Prostate Cancer resource from the National Institutes of Health

http://www.nci.nih.gov/cancerinfo/types/prostate/

 

Dangers of watchful waiting in prostate cancer - these links are very important. Supposedly slow-growing cancers become aggressive after 10 to 15 years.

http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/short/291/22/2713

 

A balanced view of the PSA testing controversy

http://www.ajc.com/health/content/health/0604/08prostate.html

 

Different Prostate Cancer Treatments Produce Similar Results. Surgery, seed implantation, and external beam radiation compared.

http://www.healthscout.com/template.asp?ap=197&page=newsdetail&id=518555

 

General outlook for prostate cancer

http://www.healthday.com/view.cfm?id=518836

 

Prostate cancer detection: possible new test for earlier detection

http://www.healthscout.com/news/197/517862/main.html

 

Prostate cancer - do-it-yourself prevention

http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,999787,00.html

 

Major League Baseball gets involved in prostate cancer prevention and detection http://www.healthscout.com/printerFriendly.asp?ap=197&id=514164 (lots of good basic information here)

 

Quiz to assess your risk of getting prostate cancer

http://www.msnbc.com/news/604780.asp

 

Prostate Cancer Calculator figures your chances based on your PSA and stage.

http://www.prostatecalculator.org/

 

Scoring system for prostate cancer screening, to cut down on unnecessary biopsies

http://www.healthscout.com/printer/197/514777/main.html

 

"Watchful waiting" may be safe for carefully selected men with prostate cancer.

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/496666_print

 

Heart disease and stroke

 

Light drinking may extend life, reduce heart attack risk. Read carefully! It's not an invitation to get sloshed on a regular basis, or to start drinking again if you're on the wagon. There are better, safer paths to longevity and health through exercise, diet, and stress reduction. http://www.forbes.com/forbeslife/health/feeds/hscout/2006/07/24/hscout533973.html

 

Gum disease related to heart disease: Brush your teeth to help your heart.

http://my.webmd.com/content/article/100/105714.htm?printing=true

 

Impotence may be a signal that something more is wrong - like heart disease. Loss of erections can be a sign of vascular disease.

http://www.healthscout.com/printer/197/521013/main.html

 

Risk factors for heart disease. One of them is abstaining from alcohol - that's because moderate amounts seem to protect against heart disease. The trick is to keep it moderate; overuse of alcohol is worse than abstinence for your heart.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/08/30/health/webmd/main639484.shtml

 

Anger and stroke risk

http://www.heartcenteronline.com/myheartdr/home/research-detail_print.cfm?reutersid=4172

 

 

Sex, Viagra, etc.

 

NEW Optimal time for sexual intercourse: 3 to 13 minutes. This does NOT include foreplay!

http://tinyurl.com/4whx8j

 

Let's Talk About Sex. An extensive categorized and alphabetical listing of men's sex concerns.

http://letstalkaboutsex.org

 

Male biological clock? Older men may have lowered fertility and may be more likely to father children with autism or schizophrenia.

http://tinyurl.com/22etbe

 

Premature ejaculation - a sex therapist's perspective. Advocates a combination of pharmaceuticals and therapy.

http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1743-6109.2006.00238.x

 

Viagra use among men having sex with men: increased risky behavior

http://www.amjmed.com/article/PIIS0002934305000860/fulltext

 

Infertility becoming a male problem

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4118976.stm

 

Male contraception

http://www.malecontraceptives.org/index.htm

 

Do Women Really Want a Male Birth Control Pill? Glenn Sacks's opinion.

http://www.glennsacks.com/do_women_really.htm

 

Microsoft and Phizer crack down on fake Viagra scams.

http://www.healthscout.com/printer/197/1505746/main.html

 

Recreational use of Viagra increasing among younger men

http://www.healthscout.com/printer/197/520498/main.html

 

Viagra and testosterone used together can be more effective.

http://www.healthscout.com/printer/197/520576/main.html

 

Exercise and erectile dysfunction

http://www.healthscout.com/template.asp?page=newsdetail&ap=197&id=514454

 

Two sites about infertility

http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994841
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/story.jsp?story=507347

 

Male birth control closer to reality

http://www.healthscout.com/printer/197/521396/main.html

 

Smoking and obesity effects on erectile dysfunction

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/490479_print

 

Miscellaneous health sites

 

Best Life magazine's New Year's resolutions for men. Unusual list of suggestions and resources; worth checking out anytime.

http://tinyurl.com/3d9zx8

 

Exercise lowers risk of death by 50 to 70%; results are similar for Caucasians and African Americans (for which information was previously lacking).

http://tinyurl.com/ysrhjn

 

Testicular Cancer Awareness Week. General information about detection and treatment of testicular cancer. You can sign up for a monthly e-mail reminder for doing a self-examination.

http://tcaw.org

 

Breast cancer self-exam reminder for men, especially over-60 and overweight.

http://tinyurl.com/27e9hl

 

Drink coffee, stay smart: Coffee consumption in older men slows cognitive decline.

http://www.nature.com/ejcn/journal/v61/n2/full/1602495a.html

 

Life expectancy tied to race and place.

http://www.medicineonline.com/medical-conditions/article.html?articleID=6001&articleSource=12

(Popup alert)

 

Body heat may help kill testicular cancer cells that have spread to other parts of the body. http://apnews.myway.com//article/20060726/D8J3B6802.html

 

Prostate Online. An excellent source for information on prostate cancer

http://www.prostate-online.org/

 

New test for testicular cancer

http://www.forbes.com/lifestyle/health/feeds/hscout/2005/07/21/hscout526981.html

 

Testicular cancer awareness site

http://www.keepyoureyeontheball.org/

 

Dairy and its role in preventing diabetes in men.

http://www.medpagetoday.com/tbindex.cfm?tbid=1007&topicid=13 

 

Domestic violence and music therapy. Examines the power of using popular music, something people already listen to, as a way for people to express their feelings. Includes examples of therapeutic messages in popular music as well as original music by Freudian Slip, therapeutic rock band.

http://www.enterthefreudianslip.com/music_therapy_and_domestic_violence.htm

 

Gender differences in benefits of alcohol consumption

http://tinyurl.com/2jhcvn

 

Men's (non)involvement in their children's health care

http://www.healthscout.com/news/197/517666/main.html

 

Men and osteoporosis

http://www.healthscout.com/template.asp?page=newsdetail&ap=197&id=514338

 

Botox as treatment for prostate enlargement

http://my.webmd.com/content/Article/72/81523.htm?printing=true

 

Football legend Mike Ditka tackles men's health

http://www.healthscout.com/news/197/515704/main.html

 

Why women shouldn't baby their men: solicitousness prolongs pain

http://www.healthscout.com/news/197/514958/main.html

 

Seat belt use among young men is lowest

http://www.healthscout.com/printer/197/1505483/main.html

 

Families and Fathers

Fatherstuff. An extensive listing of links and references about fathers and fathering.

http://menstuff.org/fatherstuff/current.html or http://fatherstuff.org. Includes Kidstuff, too - for fathers and issues directly relating to children.

 

Women in Racing. For fathers and daughters who might be interested in competing in male-dominated sports. Lists over 1,450 women who race or have raced against men.

www.womeninracing.org

 

Noodad. A new blogger site run by a couple of young dads, with information on fatherhood and on men in general.

http://noodad.com/cms/

 

Fathers and Families site. From the mission statement: "Fathers and Families protects the child's right to the love and care of both parents. We seek shared parenting for the children of divorced and never-married parents, with equal rights and responsibilities for fathers and mothers."

http://www.fathersandfamilies.org/site/index.php

 

Just for Dads. A site dedicated to fathers and fathering. Seems to have gone inactive.

www.just4dads.com

 

My Child Says Daddy. A site dedicated to supporting fathers in being more involved with their children's lives.

http://www.mychildsaysdaddy.org/home.htm

 

Male puberty: talking to your son

http://www.healthscout.com/printer/197/517505/main.html

 

Spotting teen alcohol abuse

http://www.healthscout.com/printer/197/517836/main.html

 

Fatherhood (http://fatherhood.about.com/) is a big site, updated frequently. It's part of the Parenting & Family pages of a very large general-information site called About.com.

 

US Department of Human Services Fatherhood Initiative (http://fatherhood.hhs.gov/) endeavors to support and strengthen the roles of fathers in families. A fair amount of governmentese.

 

The National Center for Fathering (http://www.fathers.com/) is a colorful and rich site with thoughtful articles. You'll see articles on fathers and daughters, fathering tips, urban fathering, and so on - even a Father of the Year essay contest.

 

Dads and Teens

http://www.fathers.com/articles/articles.asp?id=511&cat=4

 

Dads' role in encouraging their daughters to be physically active

http://my.webmd.com/content/Article/73/88835.htm?printing=true

 

A book by a divorced African-American dad in Chicago

http://www.primezone.com/pages/news_releases.mhtml?d=45477

 

Divorce and Custody

Dads Voices: Still a Dad (http://www.proactive-coach.com/divorce/fathers) has links to resources and support for divorced dads, including support and advice. The second edition of the book Still a Dad has just been published.

 

Leving's Divorce Magazine. On-line resource for legal, parenting, lifestyle matters. It goes beyond just the legal and child visitation issues to address the whole (divorced) man.

http://www.levingsdivorcemagazine.com/

 

Dads America. A comprehensive site on fathers' rights.

http://www.dadsamerica.org/da.html

 

American Coalition for Fathers and Children. An advocate of shared parenting.

http://www.acfc.org/

 

Fathers4Justice. A new rights organization for justice in family law. Chapters in the UK and US.

http://www.fathers-4-justice.org/

 

Many of the other men's sites have links to divorce issues.

 

Society and Community

Differences between boys' and girls' reading scores: Are schools tailoring their English curriculums to girls' brains at the expense of boys?

http://tinyurl.com/3y29uz

 

A Conscientious Objector in the Gender War. Wendy McElroy's 2003 essay is provocative and concludes: "The only way out of the quagmire is to abandon convoluted social theory and return to common sense."

http://tinyurl.com/39n5vc

 

A British take on the gender wars as depicted in advertising.

http://www.weeklygripe.co.uk/a260.asp

 

"Dissing" men: the new gender war. An Australian article on gender wars in the media. Based on a PhD thesis.

http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=4907

 

Gender war as barely civil.

http://www.geocities.com/rainforest/vines/3951/sex.html

 

Angry Harry has a few things to say about what he calls a "permanent" gender war and concludes that equality between men and women is not achievable.

http://www.angryharry.com/esAPermanentGenderWar.htm

 

Genderwar.org is a feature-filled site "Publicizing the Contempt for Men in Western Culture."

http://www.genderwar.org/home.php

 

World's most dangerous jobs. Guess what - they're the jobs men do. Latest (2007) stats.

http://tinyurl.com/2659uv

 

International Men's Day. Started in 1999 in Trinidad and Tobago, and trying to get traction world-wide.

http://www.geocities.com/jtluxing/intmensday.html

http://www.mensday.in/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Men's_Day

http://www.petitiononline.com/mensday/petition.html

 

Differences in Frequency of Violence and Reported Injury Between Reciprocal and Nonreciprocal Intimate Partner Violence. A study conducted by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

http://www.ajph.org/cgi/content/short/AJPH.2005.079020v1

 

Relationstuff. An extensively indexed and categorized listing of links to articles on men's relationships.

http://relationstuff.org

 

Violence against men: a selection of important sites:

Battered Men, a reprint of an article in Pacific Sun:

http://www.menstuff.org/issues/byissue/batteredmen.html

Battered Men (many articles, links, and resources):

http://www.batteredmen.com/

Equal Justice Foundation:

http://www.ejfi.org/DV/dv-6.htm

Male Victims of Domestic Abuse:

http://www.pitt.edu/~frieze/maleabuse.htm

Surviving the Memories:

http://www.survivingthememories.com/id67.html

S.A.F.E (Stop Abuse for Everyone):<