Welmer

Some readers have come up with some ideas and suggestions for what a men’s space ought to like. Lukobe brought up the “working men’s clubs,” an old British tradition from the industrial era that provided men with an opportunity to socialize and support each other. Niko wrote that his local soccer club serves a similar [...]

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As everyone knows, there are a number of women’s shelters in operation all over the country, and in these shelters women can obtain free counsel, protection, and shelter. In most cases, men are not allowed to reside in these government funded shelters, and until recently their services were often only extended to women.
People often [...]

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A number of older, male writers offering social commentary have expressed their awareness of generational differences between younger and older men, but they often miss the point by a longshot. The cutoff point in changing attitudes seems to be somewhere around 40, although there is no sharp boundary — some older men – particularly those [...]

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I have often heard it said that Seattle is the lesbian capitol of the US, while San Francisco is the gay male capitol. I don’t really care whether someone is gay or lesbian, but I do care about what it means for straight guys like me. One thing about gay men is that they do [...]

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It seems that almost every day I read another story about a guy getting shot, beaten or roughed up by the police for one reason or the other. In Seattle, there is a minor controversy over Christopher Harris, a young man who was falsely identified as a suspect in a stabbing and subsequently panicked and [...]

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Imagine that it is a beautiful spring morning, the brightening sky is clear and each breath is clean, cool and refreshing. You head out to look at the flowers and fruit trees and draw in the sweet scents of a world in bloom. Suddenly, a fierce, harsh “CAW” erupts nearby. Others respond from a distance, [...]

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Although much has already been written on this subject, I still think it’s important to remind the bloggers and readers in my audience about how media is changing. Most of what we hear and read in what remains of the fourth estate is a lament for the decline of traditional media, which from my point [...]

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Cultural borrowings often have odd results, but sometimes they can inspire disbelief or even hilarity. Such was the case when, not long ago, some journalists discovered that Chinese housewives had been signing up for pole dancing lessons to improve physical fitness and enjoy themselves. Many Americans (myself among them) snickered at the idea of Chinese [...]

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Even as the same thought was brewing in my mind, a few of the bloggers I read, including Roissy, Novaseeker and Whiskey, have written about happiness recently. It strikes me that it’s become almost taboo, for men in particular, to ponder what it is that makes us happy. There is always the thinly veiled suggestion [...]

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I have had some recent experience with the world of social work, and although I’ve tried to have an open mind, I certainly haven’t been too impressed by it. Yesterday evening I was in an “anger management” class, and the teacher embraced what appeared to be a Daoist ideology. He described emotions as “energy,” which [...]

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