As traditional masculine norms are tossed into the dust heap of history, men are failing to embrace new freedoms and finding only inner conflict. fatherly.com/health/why-am-…
The General Social Survey, a massive dataset meant to give researchers and policymakers a snapshot of how Americans are doing, shows that male happiness has been curved over time.
Before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, men were the most unhappy when data was first collected in 1972, with 27% of men reporting that they were “very happy” compared to 33% of women. bit.ly/3vfO2I5
The pandemic only made things worse — for both men and women. In 2021, rates of being “not too happy” climbed to 24% of men and 25% of women.
Apart from the obvious effects of the pandemic, psychotherapist @drcarlamanly, Ph.D., suspects men’s decline in happiness has to do with their changing and precarious roles in society.
Experts at the American Psychological Association suspect that male sadness, specifically male sadness derivative of anxiety about masculinity, works like a snare trap. fatherly.com/health/why-am-…
Boys are caught in it when they’re young. They learn to “man up” or are told that “pain is just weakness leaving the body.” bit.ly/3vfO2I5
They’re told success and strength and value are all the same thing. This is internalized so that when men try to fight against it later on, it cuts into them.
Even men who recognize the need to change their attitudes may not succeed in doing so, and men who are being forced to change their attitudes are unlikely to succeed. bit.ly/3vfO2I5
The shrinking of the middle class and traditionally male-dominated industries as well as the rise of dual-income family as a cultural norm has required men to pivot into unexpected roles and to grapple with concepts at odds with internalized notions of manhood.
Equally terrified of the #MeToo movement and being misconstrued as gay, men stumble down an untenably narrow middle path. bit.ly/3vfO2I5
So new expectations are piled onto old ones that they should be replacing. Dads are expected to be nurturing, but feel judged for making less money than their wives, crying when they’re sad, and seeking help when they’re depressed.
In extreme cases, an inability to cope with changing expectations doesn’t just make men feel sad, it leads to death. Men are 4Xs more likely to commit suicide than women, and the numbers go way up in the wake of a shock to their identity, such as a divorce or job loss.
Middle-aged men who buy into traditional ideas of masculinity have the highest suicide risk of all.
When men don’t channel sadness into pain, they tend to convert it into aggression. Though some men lash out, more lash in, especially when they’re trying to protect their families from their worst qualities.
Workouts in the heat can seriously boost your fitness. For one, the heat makes you stronger. There’s a reason that some of the best marathoners in the world hail from countries where winter is an 80-degree day. fatherly.com/health/outdoor…
When you train in the heat, you sweat. Sweating tells your body to send blood to the surface of your skin to aid in cooling you down, and that means there is a decrease in blood volume and oxygen going to your muscles.
That sounds like a bad thing, but over time your body adapts, forcing itself to do more with less during a workout.
Contact is a perfect science fiction movie because it effortlessly presents a step-by-step journey toward first contact with aliens as plausible and interesting.
But, the film doesn’t use the tension about meeting aliens as the drama that drives the narrative. Instead, how people around the world react is the key.
McConaughey and Foster shine through all of these conflicts, and there’s never a point that you aren’t utterly engrossed in their realistic debates.
We’re okay to go! In July of 1997, one of the greatest movies of all time — directed by one of the biggest filmmakers on the planet — hit theaters. fatherly.com/entertainment/…
The reaction at the time was decidedly mixed. Was this a romance? A science fiction film? A movie about metaphysics, astronomy, religion, and secular faith? The answer is, Contact was all of those things.
Three years after he struck gold with Forrest Gump in 1994, Robert Zemeckis directed Contact, a ruminative science fiction novel based on the Carl Sagan novel of the same name. Now, 25 years after its release, Contact remains a classic for a reason.
Two women just made history! Climbing experts Samina Baig and Afsaneh Hesamifard became the first women from each of their countries to reach the top of one of the world’s highest and most dangerous summits. fatherly.com/news/two-femal…
Both climbed to the top of K2, along with several other climbers. Here’s what you need to know. fatherly.com/news/two-femal…
According to PBS, Samina, from a remote northern village in Pakistan, and Afsaneh, from Iran, set records last week. Both women, along with others in the same climbing club, reached the peak of the K2 Mountain, 28,250 feet high.
It looks like we're taking a trip back to the early 90s– an iconic store that holds many childhood memories for millennials is making a comeback this year. fatherly.com/news/toys-r-us…
Returning from the dead, new brick-and-mortar retail stores of Toys R Us are opening up across the country. But is there one coming near you?
From this late month through mid-October, Toys R Us will be opening up shop, taking space inside every Macy's store across the United States, according to a press release. fatherly.com/news/toys-r-us…
Hemsworth took to Instagram on July 11 to highlight his daughter's presence behind the scenes over the years he's been involved in the Thor franchise. fatherly.com/news/photos-of…
With approximately 11 years between the first Thor movie and the most recent one, Chris's daughter, India Rose, has grown up on set.
The first of the two shots Chris shared on his Instagram profile features India Rose as a young baby. Chris towers next to her, dressed in his Thor costume. The second photo shows Chris on the set of Love and Thunder, with India Rose, now 10 years old, cuddled in his arms.