General Resources

• American Men's Studies Association (AMSA)
  A not for profit professional organization of scholars, therapists, and others interested in the exploration of masculinity in modern society.

• Changing Men Collections (CMC) - Michigan State University
  A major research collection representing all activities of the contemporary men's movements.

• European Profeminist Men's Network
  The aims are to deconstruct the male gender, carry out critical analysis of the modes of male domination, try to understand how macho, homophobic societies make us into dominating men, and assert our desire to live in peace without violence, without war between men and without oppression of women. English and French version.

• Hayward, Fred (Men's Right Inc.)
  Male Gender Bias Test
  "Feminists have long complained that ..." and Fred has all the answers from a male's point of view.

• Kibby, Marj
  Cyborgasm: Machines and male hysteria in the cinema of the eighties [Moved to ...?]
  Published in the Journal of Interdisciplinary Gender Studies 1(2) September 1996:139-46.

• Manhood Online
  Discovering a masculinity that is protective and gentle, energetic and positive, open and self aware. There is a more exuberant and loving kind of man emerging from the old, uptight and distant models of the past - and Manhood Onlive wants to give this man a voice.

• Männerberatung
  A Germen site on the counseling of men.

• McEachern, Charmaine
  Bringing the wildman back home: television and the politics of masculinity
  Published in Continuum: the Australian Journal of Media and Culture 7(2) 1994.

• Men for Change
  A group that promotes gender equality and wants to end violence in society. This pro-feminist men's group is based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

• Men's Friendship Bibliography
  Editor: Simon D. Pratt, King's College, London, UK.

• Men's Movement History - WWW Virtual Library.

• MensNet
  Home page of the MNC (Men's Network for Change), Canada's only coast-to-coast pro-feminist, gay affirmative, anti-racist, male positive network. MNC is committed to working against sexism and patriarchy in Canadian society.

• MenStuff
  American resource center which serves a diverse men's community providing information on men's issues regarding positive change in male roles and relationships (including abuse, aging, circumcision, divorce, fathers, isolation, mid-life, prostate, sexuality, transition, Viagra, and violence).

• Paoletti, Jo - American Studies Department, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, USA.
  Masculinity in American culture

• Schwindt, David
  Searching for the New Boy
  A thesis article on masculinity in television commercials. It explores the portrayal of gender roles in television commercials watched by children and focuses on the media portrayal of male characters and the effects of such portrayals on the development of male children.

• Smith, Paul (Carnegie Mellon University)
  Good Boys - Afterword to Men in Feminism
  Paul Smith is co-editor with Alice Jardine of Men in Feminism.

• Society for the Psychological Study of Men and Masculinity (SPSMM)
  A division of the American Psychological Association (APA) dedicated to promoting the critical study of how gender shapes and constricts men's lives. Provides mebership information, a newsletter, archives and a nice compact collection of links.

• The MANual - the complete man's guide to life (book review)
  A book written by Mick Cooper & Peter Baker.

• Thiele, Andreas
  Homepage of a psychologist at the University of Frankfurt, Germany. His research is concentrated on the bio-psycho-social aspects of men and masculinities (including the aging male).

• Throop, David R.
  • Possible Discussion Topics for Men's Groups
    "Maybe, just maybe, something in the list will spark somebody to write down something he'd always meant to say, and send it in to mail-men".

  • [1966] What are Mens Issues?
    Throop is responding to this question: "I am afraid that I am new to men's issues and have no idea what these folks are talking about when they talk about men's issues. Is there anyone out there that can help?" In reading the anser(s) it's good to keep in mind that there isn't a single men's movement today.

• XY: men, masculinities, and gender politics
  XY features hundreds of arcticles on key man's issues, from fathering and men's health to the relationships between masculinity, class, race and sexuality, to domestic violence. XY also includes personal stories, book reviews and links to related websites.

Fatherhood - Fatherlessness

• American Fathers Coalition (AFC)
  The site offers information on state legislature.

• Amneus, Daniel
  The Father's Role in Society

• Entraide Pères - Enfants Séparés (ENPES)
  French association of divorced fathers. The principle is clear: 'Every child has a fundamental right and need to know and benefit from a significant presence of both parents'. French and English version.

• Fatherhood and Fatherlessness - WWW Virtual Library.

• Fathering Magazine
  An online magazine on fathering. Provides information on the joy and importance of fathering, the classical fathering, and women who rape.

• Fathers - Resources from dmoz

• German Men's Studies Task Group
  (Kritische Männerforschung)

• Men's Rights & Issues - Yahoo! Group

• Paternity and Reproductive Rights
  The National Center for Men's Voluntary Fatherhood Project fosters a dialog about improving the law to protect men from being forced into parenthood.

Sexual Harrassment - Rape - Domestic Violence - Abuse

• CyberSex and CyberPorn    (SocioSite)

• Bergen, Raquel Kennedy
  Marital Rape
  Presented by VAWO (Violence Against Women Office, U.S. Department of Justice) and MINCAVA (Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse, University of Minnesota). It contains a brief legal history of marital rape, a discussion of the occurrence of marital rape, a summary of the effects of marital rape, and an analysis of practitioners' interventions with marital rape survivors.

• Husband Battering
  A link collection, part of the Men's Issues Page of the WWW Virtual Library. Editor: David R. Throop.

• Male Network Association
  A Swedish network that tries "to unite and mobilize men to accentuate the goodness in manliness and inspire men to take the lead in combatting violence and abuse by men. For the sake of women and children as wll as ourselves." The Male Network promotes gender equality and rejects male violence and abuse. The site has a Swedish, English and Spanish version.

• Men and Abuse, Rape - WWW Virtual Library.

• Men Against Domestic Violence
  Resources on domestic violence, including a FAQ, statistics and rape resources.

• Men's Rape Prevention Project
  They support men by providing them with the resources and opportunities to challenge themselves and others to end sexual violence. They believe "that rape is a choice men make to exert power over others and is, therefore, a men's issue. As long as men continue to make this choice or to remain silent while other men are violent, rape will continue. We believe men can live peacefully with women, but to do so, we must redefine what it means to be a man." The Project is an outgrowth of D.C. Men Against Rape, which began in 1987.

• REAL MEN work to end violence against women [Moved to ?]
  An anti-sexist men's group in the Boston area. Contrary to the popular stereotype about 'real men' as macho tough guys, they believe that it is important for men to rethink and work to change traditional masculinity. It's a political educational group committed to public activism. Their principle goal is to encourage more men to take responsibility for our personal sexism as well as the overwhelming level of violence against women in our society.

• Sexual Abuse Treatment
  An extensive amount of information on sexual offenders and abuse. It includes referral list to specialized therapists, paraphilias, theories, newsletter, victimology, and information on the new workbook. Editor: Matthew Rosenberg.

• Sexual Harassment Issues - WWW Virtual Library.

• Sexuality    (SocioSite)

• White Ribbon Campaign (WRC)
  An organization of men working to end men's violence against women. These are men who take a responsibility to urge men to speak out against violence against women. French and English version.

Journals and Magazines

• Journal of Men's Studies [table of contents + abstracts]
  Publishes theoretical and empircal research on male experiences as specific social-historical-cultural constructions.

• Liberator, The
  A militant magazine of the Men's Defense Association (MDA). A good source of divorced-dads information and a good antidote from the 'lets-hate-our-penis' brand of feminist mens-movement. According to Rich Doyle, founder of MDA, the male of the species is under increasing attack. His mission is to defend the interests of men, in opposition to the anti-male forces and opinion.

• Men's News Daily

• MenWeb - Men's Issues: Men's Voice Magazine
  A comprehensive men's issues site, not "just" men's issues, but issues for men and women. It brings you news and events, articles and stories, interviews and poetry, men's anger and grief, and much more.

• paps — die Welt der Väter
  A German journal for fathers.

Guides and Link Collections

• mannen.pagina.nl
  A Dutch link collection on men's issues.

• Masculinity - WWW Virtual Library.

• Men - dmoz

• The Men's Bibliography
  A comprehensive bibliography of writing on mens, masculinity and sexualities. Most references are from UK or Australian publishers. The bibliography is organized into 35 major subject areas such as: Men's studies, Growing up Male, Gay men and masculinity, Men and feminism, Men's liberation, Mid-life and ageing, Divorce, HIV/AIDS. Editor: Michael Flood (Canberra, Australia).

• Men's Issues Page - WWW Virtual Library
  A hierarchical (of course, it's a guy thing) topical index which includes books; domestic violence (battered men); false rape, abuse & molest (of adults and children), fatherhood and fatherlessness, physical and mental health, periodicals of the mens's movement; rape, violence and abuse; single dad index (child support, paternity, visitation & access, custody, missing kids, divorce, alimony).

Editor	dr. Albert Benschop Social & Behavioral Studies University of Amsterdam
Created	July, 1996
Last modified	09th March, 2006