Men and Boys

October 30, 2020

What Makes a Man Manly? Trump and Biden Offer Competing Answers

If the 2016 election pitted feminism against machismo, this one asks voters to consider what masculinity means. President Trump, in his personality and policies, has presented […]
October 7, 2020

The Gender Reveal That Doesn’t

Whatever happened to secondary sex characteristics? You know, those shapes and appendages we develop after puberty as an anatomical signage, an aid to evolution. Kardashians aside, […]
June 13, 2020

Celebrate Father's Day On a Budget

Celebrating Father’s Day is shaping up to be tricky. The country is reopening, but experts have said to remain cautious and limit indoor gatherings. And, with […]
April 6, 2020

Men Are Dressing for Zoom

If, for Ryan Dichter, Week 1 of his coronavirus isolation was a time for dandling his infant daughter, Teddy, slouching around in sweatpants and waiting for […]
January 7, 2020

The Leopard Pony Coat Chronicles

The speed of time is the speed of a clock, and goes by, we can probably agree, in a blur. The speed of fashion is seemingly […]
December 29, 2017

First Person: Taking out the Trash? That’s Still a Man’s Job, Even for the Liberal Coastal Elite

Advertisement On a recent Monday night in San Francisco, as I lounged in the living room watching “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” out of the corner of […]
December 18, 2017

Skin Deep: When a Man Needs a Safe Place

Advertisement It’s bad enough that Marom Unger needs a squirt of Botox under his armpits every six months to help curb excessive perspiration. Even more humiliating, […]
October 30, 2017

Expectant Fathers Go Mildly Wild During Their ‘Daddymoons’

Zachary Lamberg, who works in finance in New York, almost didn’t go on an annual golf trip because it coincided with his wife’s seventh month of […]
September 30, 2017

‘Faux’ Male Feminists Draw Ire in Hollywood

It’s a tough time to be a male feminist, especially in Hollywood. A few weeks ago, Kai Cole, the ex-wife of Joss Whedon, the man who […]
September 22, 2017

Modern Love: Discovering Manhood in Soapy Bubbles

Modern Love By NATE MARTINS It wasn’t until I started doing dishes that I realized men in my family don’t do dishes. At parties, I rarely […]