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Contents
If I was looking for my own personal crisis of masculinity as I thrust into my 40s, my recent reading matter would have provided plenty of prompts. Am I a 'Latte Dad' (tinyurl.com/lattepappa)? A 'Crappo' (see p.396)? Or a 'soushoku danshi'?
This latter identity (see tinyurl.com/danshi) is particularly interesting. Literally translated, 'grass-eating boys' are named for their lack of interest in sex and their preference for quieter, less competitive lives. Japan's 'herbivores' are apparently provoking a national debate about how the country's economic stagnation since the early 1990s has altered men's behaviour. 'Have men gotten weaker?', ask the talk shows.
Martin Seager and David Wilkins, introducing a special feature on p.404, might well argue that the position of 'male psychology' remains too weak. A series of articles consider this particular form of 'gender blindness' and its impact.
Male or female, academic or practitioner, experienced writer or novice, please do consider writing for us: see tinyurl.com/psychowrite.
Dr Jon Sutton
Managing Editor @psychmag
Being a man - putting life before death
Martin Seager and David Wilkins address the need for this special feature on male psychology
A tapestry of oppression
Jennie Williams, David Stephenson and Frank Keating on how gender inequality is interwoven with other dimensions in society
Psychology, men and cancer
Peter Branney, Karl Witty and Ian Eardley call for a consideration of masculinity in understanding and treating the disease
Are mental health services inherently feminised?
Linda Morison, Christina Trigeorgis and Mary John investigate
Engaging with the emotional lives of men
Roger Kingerlee, Duncan Precious, Luke Sullivan and John Barry consider the design of male-specific services and interventions
Looks back: Masculinity and mental health - the long view
Ali Haggett gives a historical perspective
News
Psychologists get busy at The Hub; combating 'isms' in fashion; Brain Prize; a 'play revolution; teachers and neuroscience; and more
Society
New President and President Elect; Society accreditation goes global; Spearman Medal and Doctoral Award; voices and voice hearers seminar series; and more
Letters
Training places - competition and support; the dyslexia myth; Wikimedia; the Royal College of Psychologists debate; the NHS; dementia research challenges; clinical psychology in Sri Lanka; and more
Opinion
Three academics give their views on the Scottish independence referendum and the likely outcome
Digests
Offensive slurs, psychology's vocabulary, and implicit bias, in the latest from the guest hosts on our free Research Digest (see www.researchdigest.org.uk/blog)
Interview
From 'year Dot' to the future: we talk to the Society's new President, Dorothy Miell
Careers
We talk to Chartered Psychologist Dawn Reeves, and Peter Storr reminds us that we are in charge of our careers
One on one
With Elizabeth Peel, Professor of Psychology and Social Change in the Institute of Health and Society, University of Worcester
Reviews
Exploring epilepsy through art and science; Damon Albarn; The Examined Life; the meaning of life with Richard Herring; The Island with Bear Grylls; The Shock
of the Fall; Vertigo Roadtrip; and much more
Four years ago
Go online for our archive, including Martin Monti and Adrian Owen on 'The aware mind in the motionless body'
Big picture centre-page pull-out
Artists Denis Connolly and Anne Cleary on a collaboration with psychologist Dr Patrick Cavanagh
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