What’s New - 2000

Menstuff® updates portions of the web site weekly and major portions on the first day of each month. This includes men's books, events, issues, links, periodicals and resources that have been updated during 2000. For a historical perspective see 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000; 1999 and 1998.

• Issues - We also discuss a new issue each day at Today. See the list of issues for this month.
  Adolescence - Go Directly To Jail, Do Not Pass Go, Do Not Collect $200, Speed boosts self-esteem for some male drivers
  AIDS - A Manly Aspiration: Avoid AIDS
  Binge Drinking - Students' definition of binge drinking depends on habits
  Breast Cancer - In Men - Gasoline exposure increases risk of male breast cancer
  Children - Our Children Are Anxious -- And For No Good Reason
  Circumcision - Australian Men More Manly, Men Scarred by Circumcision, Pain Of Circumcision Creates Controversy, Day Care & Circumcision, Conference Hears Calls for Banning of Circumcision
  CRS - (Can't Remember S_ _ _)
  Deafness - Hearing Loss
  Depression - Job stress can cause depression, Mother's depression impacts child's health, One in five Americans depressed or unhappy, Researchers test implant used to ease depression, Therapy helps new moms deal with depression, Depression not linked to early signs of heart disease, Preschoolers can be depressed, study says, Anxiety doesn't make the heart grow sicker, Job stress can bring on the blues, How can I beat the winter blues?
  Drinking - Students' definition of binge drinking depends on habits
  Divorce - Newly divorced are cautious about sexual partners
  Eating Disorders - Male Anorexia: One million victims, ashamed and overlooked, Girls' diets affect puberty, later disease risk
  Fathers - Our children are anxious -- and for no good reason
  Feelings - Satisfied Men Live Longer
  Health - How to Survive a Heart Attack When Alone, What's Wrong with My Penis?, Body Mass Index Calculator, How Long Will You Live Into The New Millenium?,Satisfied men live longer, Brain scan gives baby's-eye view of the world, Children's art reflects internal emotional world, Doctor says LASIK may be okay for children, too, Infant injuries spur high chair recall, New moms breast-feed with support from baby's dad, Nutrition lacking in pregnant teens and women, Scientists find gene possibly linked to autism, Short babies have higher adult blood pressure, Australian moms calming kids down with antihistamines, Liver Spots, Latest NIH Report a Setback for Men's Health
  Hepatitis - At Home Blood Tests
  Herpes
  Kidstuff - Pesticide exposure linked to cancer in children
  Immunizations - Immunizations
  Leukemia
  Male Breast Cancer - Gasoline exposure increases risk of male breast cancer
  Mental Health - Dispelling the Myths
  Osteoporosis - Osteoporosis drug also works in men, Why Am I Getting Shorter?
  Prostate - Protein Linked to Prostate Cancer Risk in Black Men, Self-Exam - Are You Kiddng? Are Men With Vasectomies At Greater Risk For Prostate Cancer?, Natural Medicine Online: Therapeutic Choices in BPH
  Senior Health - T'ai Chi May Benefit Those with Arthritis, Special nursing care extends survival after surgery
  Seniors - 'Safe home' design may prevent injuries in elderly
  Sexual Abuse - Sexual abuse in girls leads to later substance abuse
  Sexuality - The Secret to a Long Life:  Have lots of sex!, Sexuality in Later Life
  Skin - Liver Spots
  Sleep Apnea - Sleep apnea, diabetes increase stroke risk
  Teen Health - Getting involved in school is good for teen health, How Do I Avoid The Freshman 15
  Testicles - Testicular Cancer No Longer Unmentionable
  Toy Safety - Toy Tips, What Toy Labels Really Mean
  STDS - U.K. teens have high pregnancy, STD rates
  Teen Sex - Survey Shows Sex Practices of Boys, Teens Think Oral Sex is Like Abstinence, US Teens Lack Information on Avoiding HIV, Playing the Odds
  Why No Male Birth Control Pill?  Lots of Reasons
  Testosterone - Are You a Manly Man?
  Vasectomy - Is A Vasectomy Foolproof?, Vasectomies at 18/Tubuligations at 21
  War - Remember POWs Everywhere!
  Weather & Health - How weather affects your health
  Women's Violence - A Good Kick in the Groin
• Newsbytes - What men's magazines and women's magazines are talking about. Also, what the media are saying about men.
• Book Reviews - books received since the last update, published or copyrighted:
• Book of the Week for:
  11/27-12/3: Boys into Men: Staying healthy through the teen years, Mark Goldstein, Myrna Chandler Goldstein,
  12/4-10: Give a Boy a Gun, Todd Strasser
  12/11-17:  Fatherhood: Research, interventions and policies, Elizabeth Peters, Gary Peterson, Suzanne Steinmetz, Randal Day,
  12-18-24: The Language of Gifts: The essential guide to meaningful gift giving Deanna Washington
  12/25-31: What Southern Women Know (That Every Woman Should): Timeless secrets to get everything you want in love, life and work, Ronda Rich
• Web Site of the Week:
  11/27-12/3: www.fathersforum.com
  12/4-10: www.callmemister.com
  12/11-17: www.compassionatefriends.org  
  12-18-24: www.nostigma.org
  12/25-31: www.siliconeholocaust.org

The Menstuff Monthly Quiz. Each month we will have a major issue. This month is HIV month. Please only vote once a month so we can get true representation of the communities opinion. (more)

November Updates

• Help - TV program on Sympathetic Male Pregnancy or Couvade Syndrome wants information
• Issues - We discuss a new issue every day at Today. See the list of issues for this month.
  Adolescence - Early Puberty
  Divorce - Men, Divorce and Suicide
  Eating Disorders - Male Anorexia: One million victims, ashamed and overlooked
  Father's Stories - Somebody Special
  Health - It's Time to End the Gender Gap in Health Care; Theme Issue on Men's Health, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Ignore Men - 1, The AAOS Confirms Our Suspicion - 2, Hard-working women may be bad for your health
  Infertility - Infertile men at greater risk of testicular cancer
  Politics - Electile Dysfunction; Why Over 200,000 African-Americans Could Not Vote in Florida
  Prostate - Prostate Cancer Climb - January, 2001, Screen Together - Live Together
  Smoking - The Marlboro Man may be Impotent
  Sports - Women's Pro Football live on the Internet
  Sexuality - U.S. Trial of Supplement to Optimize Sperm Quality
  Testies - Testicular Cancer Cases Outpace Breast Cancer in Califiornia
  Urgent - Disposable nappies linked to infertility
  Women's Violence - A Good Kick in the Groin
• Newsbytes - What men's magazines and women's magazines are talking about. Also, what the media are saying about men.
  Water Colors Inc. Designs Greeting Cards Depicting "Lenny" as a Eunuch
  TV Guide's You Sexy Thing!
  Early Puberty
• Book Reviews - books received since the last update, published or copyrighted:
  In 2000:
  The Blackwater Lightship, Colm Toibin.
  Boys Into Men: Staying healthy through the teen years, Mark Goldstein and Myrna Chandler Goldstein.
  Breathwalk: Breathing your way to a revitalized body, mind, and spirit, Gurucharan Singh Khalsa and Yogi Bhajan
  Dangerous Drugs: An easy-to-use reference for parents and professionals, Carol Falkowski
  Fatherhood: Research, interventions and policies, Elizabeth Peters, Gary Peterson, Suzanne Steinmetz, Randal Day, ed
  Give a Boy a Gun, Todd Strasser
  The Healing Power of Creative Mourning: Poems, Various.
  Home Remedies for Men: From heart disease and headaches to flabby abs and fatigue, Jack Croft.
  How to Win Customers & Keep Them for Life: Revised and Updated for the digital age, Michael LeBoeuf.
  Just Sex: Students rewrite the rules on sex, violence, activism, and equality, ed Jodi Gold and Susan Villari..
  Living on Purpose: Straight answers to life's tough questions, Dan Millman
  A Long Way to go for a Date, Henry Makow
  Love Lost and Found: True stories of long-lost loves - reunited at last, Carolyn Campbell.
  No, Carl Djerassi
  Opening to Love 365 Days a Year, Judith Sherven, James Sniechowski
  Parenting After Divorce: A guide to resolving conflicts and meeting your children's needs, Philip Stahl
  A Piece of My Heart: Living through the grief of miscarriage, stillbirth or infant death, Molly Fumia
  Prisoners of the Williwaw, Ed Griffin
  Prison Writings: My life is my Sun Dance: Leonard Peltier, ed. Harvey Arden.
  Rube Goldberg Inventions: The legendary works (A) of America's (B) most honored (c) cartoonist, Maynard Frank Wolfe.
  Rumi: A treasury of wisdom from the poet of the soul, Philip Dunn, Manuela Dunn Mascetti and R.A. Nicholson
  Surviving Male Menopause: A guide for women and men, Jed Diamond
  Ten Fun Things to Do Before You Die, Karol Jackowski.
  24/7: Living it up and doubling down in the New Las Vegas, Andres Martinez
  201 Questions to Ask Your Kids/201 Questions to Ask Your Parents, Pepper Schwartz
  The Velveteen Father: An unexpected journey to parenthood, Jesse Green
  Way of the Peaceful Warrior: A book that changes lives, Dan Millman
  What If? The world's foremost military historians imagine what might have been, Robert Cowley
  Who Cut the Cheese? Parody, An a-mazing parody about change and how we can get our hands on yours, Stilton Jarlsberg
  In 1999:
  Body Care Just for Men: Natural health tips and herbal formulas for skin protection, sore muscle relief, aftershaves, tonics and more, Jim Long
  Boy Meets Grill: with more than 125 bold new recipes, Bobby Flay and Joan Schwartz
  Fatherhood: Insight and wisdom from Great American Fathers.
  In My Fathers Arms: A true story of incest, Walter De Milly III
  In 1998:
  Parent as Mystic, Mystic as Parent, David Spangler
  In 1997:
  Homophobia: A weapon of sexism, expanded edition, Suzanne Pharr
  Uppity Women of Medieval Times, Vicki Leon
  In 1996:
  Beyond Dolls & Guns: 101 ways to help children avoid gender bias, Susan Hoy Crawford
• Book of the Week:
  10/30-11/5: What There is to Love About Men, Rachel Snyder;
  11/6-12: Reviving the Wonder: 72 activities that touch the inner spirit of youth, Ric Stuecker with Suze Rutherford
  11/13-19: Fighting for Your Jewish Marriage: Preserving a lasting promise, Joel Crohn, Howard Markman, Susan Blumberg, Janice Levine.
  11/20-26: The Unexpected Legacy of Divorce: A 25 year landmark study, Judith Wallerstein, Julia Lewis, Sandra Blakeslee,
  11/27-12/3: Boys into Men: Staying healthy through the teen years, Mark Goldstein and Myrna Chandler Goldstein,
• Web Site of the Week: Awarding the best of the bunch.
  10/30-11/5: www.fda.gov/cder/consumerinfo/viagra/vIAGRA.htm
  11/6-12: www.goofyfootpress.com/main.html
  11/13-19: www.earthshare.org
  11/20-26: www.BlueMountain.com
  11/27-12/3: www.fathersforum.com

Weekly Columns

• Doc Love - Talk show host and entertainment speaker who coaches men on relationship.
• Dr. Dad - A column on new and expectant dads as well as the whole spectrum of fatherhood.
• Getting It On, playful and sensitive information about sexuality
• The New Intimacy, husband and wife psychology team Judith and Jim
• The Surprise - A different author every week. Check it out!

The Menstuff Monthly Quiz.

Each month we will feature a major issue. This is Impotency and Diabetes Awareness month. Please vote only once a month so we can get true representation of the community's opinion. (more)

• The Menstuff Monthly Quiz. Each month we will have a major issue. This month is Domestic Violence Prevention month and AIDS Awareness month. (more)
• Doc Love Joins Menstuff. Each Monday check out the new topic.
  10/2-8: Women Don't Lie, Men Don't Listen
  10/9-15: Guys, Has a Woman Ever Bewildered You with Any of These Lines?
  10/16-22: What to do with a Case of "Sneak-Up Love"
  10/23-29: Stop Chatting and Ask for the Home Phone Number!
  10/30-11/5: Can a Woman Love You Without Touching You?
• Issues - We also discuss a new issue each day at Today. See the list of issues for this month.
  Breast Cancer - Breast Cancer Kills Men Too. Male Breast Cancer is Rare, But It Does Occur; NFL Support Breast Cancer Research
  Breast Cancer self-exam - if you're a man 60+, consider signing up for our free monthly reminder
  Circumcision - Request for Help, Circumcision: Yes or No?
  Crime - Hate Crimes, By State
  Depression - Depression Affects Men Differently than Women
  Domestic Violence -  Children and Domestic Violence
  Fathers - So You're Going to be a Dad; Father Figures
  Health - Most Smokers Can't Collect Social Security
  Impotency - Sex and the City Tackles Impotence Problem
  Kidstuff - NFL for Kids; Flag Football for Girls, Too
  Pornography - Tax-Deductible Fun
  Prostate - Kaiser Permanente Recommends Agasinst Prostate Screenings, Best Reason for Fight for More Research; Urine Test Might Detect Prostate Cancer; Grosse Pointe is Gross
  Relationships - Doc Love has joined us for a weekly commentary
  Women & Sports - My Daughter is a Pro Linebacker; Women's Pro Football is Back with a Whack. (Including teams, schedules, results); Introduction to NFL Football for Her; Women of the NFL
  Violence - Snapshots on Children's Exposure to Community Violence plus information about a new product for women called bodyperks - perminantly ereck nipples.
• Newsbytes - What men's magazines and women's magazines are talking about. Also, what the media are saying about men.
  DGrosse Pointe is Gross
  DNorelco Promotes Violence
  DNorelco Promotes More Violence
  CMy Daughter's A Pro-Linebacker
• Book Reviews - books received since the last update, published or copyrighted:
  In 2001: Mystic's Wheel of the Year: A multifaith calendar reflecting eco-egalitarian spirituality
  In 2000: Being a Man in a Woman's World: Start having the relationships you deserve, Dennis Neder
  The Beast Within: Why men are violent, Neil Boyd
  The Dark Side of Man: Tracing the origins of male violence, Michael Ghiglieri
  Fighting for Your Jewish Marriage: Preserving a lasting promise, Joel Crohn, Howard Markman, Susan Blumberg, Janice Levine
  Hawk: Occupation: Skateboarder, Tony Hawk
  Making Weight: Men's conflicts with food, weight, shape and appearance, Arnold Andersen, Leigh Cohn, Thomas Holbrook
  Rape: A natural history of biological bases of sexual coercion, Randy Thornhill & Craig Palmer
  The Shelbys Need Help! A choose-your-own-solutions guidebook for parents, Ken West
  So You're Going to be a Dad, Peter Downey
  The Talmud and the Internet: A journey between worlds, Jonathan Rosen
  200 Ways to Raise a Boy's Emotional Intelligence: An indispensable guide for parents, teachers and other concerned caregivers, Will Glennon
  Unbending Gender: Why family and work conflict and what to do about it, Joan Williams
  The Unexpected Legacy of Divorce" A 25 year landmark study, Judith Wallerstein, Julia Lewis, Sanfra Blakeslee
  What Southern Women Know (That Every Woman Should): Timeless secrets to get everything you want in love, life and work, Ronda Rich.
  In 1999: What There is to Love About A Man, Rachel Snyder.
  In 1998: My False Teeth Fit Fine, But I Sure Miss My Mind: A humorous look at aging.
• Book of the Week for:
  10/2-8: The Dark Side of Man: Tracing the origins of male violence, Michael Ghiglieri
  10/9-15: 8 Ball Chicks:  A year in the violent world of girl gangs, Gini Sikes
  10/16-22: Rape: A natural history of biological bases of sexual coercion, Randy Thorhill & Craig Palmer,
  10/23-29: The Beast Within: Why men are violent, Neil Boyd;
  10/30-11/5: What There is to Love About A Man, Rachel Snyder.
• Web Site of the Week: A new feature starting October 2 awarding the best of the bunch.
  10/2-8: www.torahtots.com
  10/9-15: slowlane.com
  10/16-22: Bronkie for Astham Awareness at thriveonline.com/health/asthma/kids/index.html
  10/23-29: www.volunteermatch.org
  10/30-11/5: www.fda.gov/cder/consumerinfo/viagra/vIAGRA.htm
  

• Today - We've added a Picture of the Week to compliment our Book of the Week. And, following in the pattern established during International Men's Month in June, we will continue to present information on a different men's issue each day. See this month's list of issues.
• The Menstuff Monthly Quiz. Each month we will have a major issue. This month is Prostate Cancer Awareness. Please only vote once a month so we can get true representation of the communities opinion.
• Book Reviews - books received since the last update, published or copyrighted: In 2000: Fighting for Your Jewish Marriage: Preserving a lasting promise, Joel Crohn, Howard Markman, Susan Blumberg, Janice Levine.
• Book of the Week for:
  9/4-10: The War Against Boys: How misguided feminism is harming our young men, Christina Hoff.
  9/11-17: Gay Fathers: Encouraging the hearts of gay dads and their families, Robert Barret and Bryan Robinson.
  9/18-24: Men, Women and Prostate Cancer: A medical and psychological guide for women and the men they love, Barbara Rubin Wainrib & Sandra Haber. Also, check out The ABC's of Advanced Prostate Cancer, Mark Moyad and Kenneth Pienta, The ABC's of Nutrition & Supplements for Prostate Cancer, Mark Moyad and The Prostate Cancer Protection Plan: The foods, supplements and drugs that could save your life, Dr. Bob Arnot.
  9/25-10/1: Meeting Halfway in ASL: A common ground for effective communication among deaf and hearing people, Bernard Bragg & Jack Olson
• Calendar - Updated International, National, Regional, Local listings. All events are broken down by Title, by Type, and by Date. Click on the title to learn more about an event. Also, see Men's Councils and Other Organizations for their regular monthly meetings.
• Issues - We discuss a new issue each day at Today. See the list of issues for this month.
  Prisons - Ballot to Stop all Executions.
• Newsbytes - What men's magazines and women's magazines are talking about. Also, what the media are saying about men.
• Periodicals - Most recent issues of magazines and cover stories for Men, Fathers/Parents, Kids, Teens, and Women.
  

• The Menstuff Monthly Quiz. Each month we will have a major issue. This month is getting ready for Back-To-School. Please only vote once a month so we can get true representation of the communities opinion.
• Book Reviews - books received since the last update, published or copyrighted:
  In 2000: Communities Directory: A guide to intentional communities and cooperative living. Driving Mr. Albert: A trip across America with Einstein's brain, Michael Paterniti; Gay Fathers: Encouraging the hearts of gay dads and their families, Robert Barret and Bryan Robinson. Hammerhead Ranch Motel, Tim Dorsey; Reviving the Wonder: 72 activities that touch the inner spirit of youth, Ric Stuecker with Suze Rutherford; Turn of the Century, Kurt Andersen; The War Against Boys: How misguided feminism is harming our young men, Christina Hoff Sommers.
  In 1999: The Complete Idoit's Guide for Dummies, Thomas Dolt & Ian Dullard; The Life of a Geisha, Eleanor Underwood; Why Men Leave: Men talk about why they decided to end the relationship - and what might have changed their minds, Brenda Shoshanna.
  In 1998: Heaven's Harlots: My fifteen years in a sex cult, Miriam Williams.
  In 1997: Burning Man, Plunkett & Wieners.
  In 1996: Poems by Son, Trinidad Sanchez, Jr
• Book of the Week for:
  7/31-8/6: The Mentor: A memoir of friendship and gay identity, Jay Quinn.
  8/7-13: Nonviolent Communication: A language of compassion when communication really matters, Marshall B. Rosenberg
  8/14-20: Where's Daddy? The mythologies behind custody-access-support, K.C.
  8/21-27: Depression-Fire for Life: An all-natural, 5-step plan to reclaim your zest for living, Gabriel Cousens with Mark Mayell
  8/28-9/3: Raising Winners: A parent's guide to helping kids succeed on and off the playing field, Shari Young Kuchenbecker
• Calendar - Updated International, National, Regional, Local listings and Youth Retreats. All events are broken down by Title, by Type, and by Date. Click on the title to learn more about an event. Also, see Men's Councils and Other Organizations for their regular monthly meetings.
• Issues - We also discuss a new issue each day at Today. See the list of issues for this month.
  Children - Injuries The Leading Cause of Death
  Fathers - Getting Down With Your Kids
  Humor - Why English is Hard to Learn
  Poetry - Waiting for your original poems to, for or about men
  Women & Men - What AOL is Telling Women.
• Kidstuff - Lots of links, along with general and safety information for parents. Special calendar of Retreats for Your Kids.
• Mediawatch - How advertising is depicting men or what they are saying about men and what you can do about it.
• Newsbytes - What men's magazines and women's magazines are talking about. Also, what the media are saying about men.
  What's Behind Dr. Laura's Diatribes?
  Special: Intimacy.
  Are You Making Love in the Dark?
  Of Microbes and Manhood.
  Boys, Fathers and the Assault on Masculinity.
• Periodicals - Most recent issues of magazines for Men, Fathers/Parents, Kids, Teens, Women.
  

• Today - Following in the pattern established during International Men's Month in June, we will continue to present information on another one of our several hundred men's issues, daily. See this month's list of issues. Receive these Daily Thoughts & Issues at home by subscribing at www.egroups.com/group/menstuff. What a great way to start the day! Want more details?
• The Menstuff Monthly Quiz. Starting in August, we plan to have a major monthly issue that will include a quiz. Try out our warm-up quiz, if you haven't already.
• Book Reviews - books received since the last update, published or copyrighted:
  In 2000: The ABC's of Advanced Prostate Cancer, Mark Moyad and Kenneth Pienta; The ABC's of Nutrition & Supplements for Prostate Cancer, Mark Moyad; Attitude is Everything: 10 life-changing steps to turning attitude into action, Keith Harrell; Civil Warriors: The legal siege of the tobacco industry, Dan Zegart; Depression-Fire for Life: An all-natural, 5-step plan to reclaim your zest for living, Gabriel Cousens with Mark Mayell; Energy Tapping: Breakthrough new methods based on ancient techniques that can help you, Fred Gallo & Harry Vincenzi; The Golfer and the Millionaire: It's about having the drive to succeed, Mark Fisher; How I Accidentally Joined the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy and found inner peace, Harry Stein; In Cabin Six: An anthology of poetry by male survivors of sexual abuse, Jill A. Kuhn, ed.; The Joy of Fatherhood: The first twelve months, Marcus Jacob Goldman; Out of the Box for Life: A simple, practical method for turning anger into compassion, despair into hope, helplessness into empowerment, anxiety into action, Warren Berland; Raising Winners: A parent's guide to helping kids succeed on and off the playing field, Shari Young Kuchenbecker; Rape: A natural history of biological bases of sexual coercion, Randy Thornhil & Craig Palmer; Self-Esteem: A proven program of cognitive techniques for accessing, improving and maintaining your self-esteem, Matthew McKay & Patrick Fanning; The Style Guy: The answers to the questions men are asking on sex, manners, grooming, fashion, travel, women, and the meaning of life, Glenn O'Brien; Who Are You? 101 ways of seeing yourself, Malcolm Godwin.
  In 1999: The Bald-Headed Hermit & The Artichoke: An erotic thesaurus, A.D. Peterkin, editor; The Barbie Chronicles: A living doll turns forty, Yona Zeldis McDonough editor; The Complete Idiot's Guide for Dummies, Thomas Dolt and Ian Dullard; Eat, Drink & Be Merry: America's Doctor tells you why the health experts are wrong, Dean Edell; Geisha, Andi Watson; Geisha: A living tradition, Kyoko Aihara; The Girl's Guide to Hunting and Fishing, Melissa Bank; My Boys Can Swim! The official guy's guide to pregnancy, Ian Davis; Parents as Mentors: A new perspective on parenting that can change your child's life, Sandra Burt & Linda Perlis; Things a Man Should Know About Marriage, Scott Omelianuk and Ted Allen; Upright Man, Eugene Shapiro.
  In 1998: Geisha, Liza Dalby; The Green Man, Kathleen Basford; The Servant: A simple story about the true essence of leadership, James C. Hunter; Setting Limits: How to raise responsible, independent children by providing CLEAR boundaries, Robert J. MacKenzie; Sexy Origins and Intimate Things: The rites and rituals of straights, gays, bi's, drags, trans, virgins and others, Charles Panati; Violent Land: Single men and social disorder from the frontier to the inner city, David T. Courtwright.
  In 1997: Day Trips with a Splash: The swimming holes of California, Pancho Doll; Honor Thy Children: One family's journey to wholeness, Molly Fumia; Male Trouble: A crisis in representation, Abigail Solomon-Godeau; Women of the Light: The new sexual healers, Kenneth Ray Stubbs, editor.
  In 1996: Adolescence: A contemporary view, 3rd edition, Linda Nielsen
• Book of the Week:
  7/1-9: A Guide to Getting It On, Paul Joannides.
  7/10-16: Vibrational Medicine for the 21st Century: The complete guide to energy healing and spiritual transformation, Richard Gerber
  7/17-23: The Joy of Fatherhood: The first twelve months, Marcus Jacob Goldmann:
  7/24-30: Attitude is Everything: 10 life-changing steps to turning attitude into action, Keith Harrell;
  7/31-8/6: The Mentor: A memoir of friendship and gay identity, Jay Quinn.
• Calendar - Updated International, National, Regional, Local listings and Youth Retreats. All events are broken down by Title, by Type, and by Date. Click on the title to learn more about an event. Also, see Men's Councils and Other Organizations for their regular monthly meetings.
• Issues - We also discuss a new issue each day at Today. See the list of issues for this month.
  Awareness - Just Dry Up and Blow Away
  Disability - Paraplegic climber scales Mount Rainier
  Fathers - Taking Your Kids Out of the U.S. (New rules)
  Mentors - Performing the Sweat Lodge Ritural
  Prison - Modern Science vs. Politics,
  Two-thirds of America's Death Sentences are Overturned
• Kidstuff - Bidis Banned in Illinois
• Linking to Menstuff. We have special logos and URLs when you're looking to resources to expand your web site as an information resource.
• Newsbytes - What men's magazines and women's magazines are talking about and what the media are saying about men.
  The Mommy Wars
  

• Request - On June 18th, check your local newspaper for stories about fathers. We would like your help.
• Book Reviews - books received since the last update, published or copyrighted
  In 2000: The Child Custody Book: How to protect your children and win your case, Judge James W. Stewart; Don't Leave It to Chance: A guide for families of problem gamblers, Edward Federman, Charles Drebing, Christopher Krebs; Fathers, Sons & Brothers: The men in my family, Brett Lott; If Men Have All the Power How Come Women Make the Rules, Jack Kammer; Guinness World Records 2000: Millennium Edition, Nic Kynaston, Ed; The Mentor: A memoir of friendship and gay identity, Jay Quinn; Non-violent Communication: A language of compassion, Marshall B. Rosenberg; Promise Ahead: A vision of hope and action for humanity's future, Duane Elgin; The Prostate Cancer Protection Plan: The foods, supplements and drugs that could save your life, Dr. Bob Arnot; What is a Man? 3,000 years of wisdom on the art of manly virtue, Ed, Waller R. Newell; Where's Daddy? The mythologies behind custody-access-support, K.C.. In 1999: Coping with Teen Suicide, James Murphy; The Cambridge Factfinder, David Crystal, Ed.; Doing Life from the Inside Out, Lee Bowman; The Great Transfiguration of Bucky Muckleroy, Thom McFarland; Memoirs of a Geisha, Arthur Golden; The New York Times Almanac, John W. Wright, ed.; The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook, Joshua Piven and David Borgenicht
  In 1998: The Art of Doing Nothing:  Simple ways to make time for yourself, Veronique Vienne; The Art of Spooning:  A complete guide to the joy of snuggling and other simple pleasures, Jim Grace& Lisa Goldblatt Grace; At-Home Dad Handbook: by the at-home dad community, Barry Reszel, ed; Becoming a Father:  The real work of a man's soul, John Hart; Brief Messages to Father, Honoring the relationship between fathers and children of all ages, Bruce Hamilton, editor; Nolo's Pocket Guide to California Law; A Dad's Guide to the Toddler Years, The New Father, Armin Brott; Diary of a Baby: What your child sees, feels and experiences, Daniel Stern; Emotional Intelligence at Work, Hendrie Weisinger; The Hypochondriac's Handbook: includes hundreds of new bacteria, microbes, and all the latest mutations, Wendy Marston; My Gender Workbook, Kate Bornstein; The Prodigal Father:  Reuniting fathers and their children, Mark Bryan; Questions for My Father: Finding the man behind your dad, Vincent Staniforth; Raising Our Athletic Daughters: How sports can build self-esteem and save girls' lives, Jean Zimmerman & Gil Reavill; Rites of Passage: Celebrating life's changes, Kathleen Wall & Gary Ferguson; Saharasia: The 4000 BCE origins of child abuse, sex-repression, warfare and social violence in the deserts of the old world, James DeMeo; The Soul of Sex: Cultivating life as an act of love, Thomas Moore; The Top 10 of Everything 1999, Russell Ash; Venus in Blue Jeans: Why mothers & daughters need to talk about sex. Sage advice & practical strategies for guiding girls toward womanhood, Nathalie Bartle; Working Fathers: New strategies for balancing work & family, James Levine and Todd L. Pittinsky.
  In 1997: Dads..., Helen Exley; Big Girl in the Middle, Gabrielle Reece & Karen Karbo; The Book of Mosts. Aaron H. Cohl; Breaking the Rules: Last-ditch tactics for landing the man of your dreams, A Parody, Laura Banks, Janette Barber; Child Custody: Legal decision and family outcomes, Craig A. Everett, ed; Child Custody Made Simple: understanding the laws of child custody & child support, Webster Watnik; The Daily Relaxer, Matthew McKay and Patrick Fanning; The Enchantment of Opposites: How to create great relationships, Patricia Huntington Taylor; Fathers' Rights: hard-hitting and fair advice for every father involved in a custody dispute, Jeffrey Leving with Kenneth A. Bachman;  His Secret Life: Male Sexual Fantasies, Bob Berkowitz; In Daddy's Arms I Am Tall:  African Amercians Celebrating Fathers, Javaka Steptoe; In the Country of Men, My Travels, Jan Waldron; Male Menopause, Jed Diamond; Men on Divorce: The other side of the story, Penny Kaganoff & Susan Spano; Mom's House, Dad's House: Making two homes for your child, A complete guide for parents who are separated, divorced or remarried, Isolina Ricci; The Paranoid's Pocket Guide: Hundreds of things you never knew you had to worry about, Cameron Tuttle; The Secret Love of Sons: How we men feel about our mothers, and why we never tell, Nicholas Weinstock; Stepfamilies: History, research and policy, Irene Levin & Marvin Sussman, ed; Ten Stupid Things Men do to Mess Up Their Lives, Laura Schlessinger; Two Flutes Playing: A spiritual journeybook for gay men, Andrew Ramer; The State of Women in the World Atlas: Women's status around the globe:  Work, health, education and personal freedom, Joni Seager.
  In 1996: Another Way Home: A Single Father's Story, John Thorndike; Custody for Fathers: A practical guide through the combat zone of a brutal custody battle, Carleen and Michael Brennan; Daddy, We Ned You NOW! A primer on African-American Male Socialization, Herman A. Sanders; Listen to Me: A book for women and men about father-son relationships, Gerald & Lee Jampolsky; Men will be Boys: The modern woman explains football and other amusing male rituals, Sally Jenkins; Parenting One Day at a Time, Using the Tools of Recovery to Become Better Parents and Raise Better Kids, Alex Packer; Reclaiming the Dark Feminine: The Price of Desire, Carolyn Baker.
• Book of the Week: To support International Men's Month, there will be a Book of the Day concerning the issue for that day.
• Calendar - Updated International, National, Regional, Local listings and Youth Retreats. All events are broken down by Title, by Type, and by Date. Click on the title to learn more about an event. Also, see Men's Councils and Other Organizations for their regular monthly meetings.
• Daily Issues - June is International Men's Month. A different men's issue will appear at "Today" on our homepage, which you can receive for free. See a list of these issues and books.
• Issues 
  Domestic Violence - False image that men are violent, women passive, has negative effects.
  Fathers - FREE - Father's Day T-Shirt Designs
  Happy Mother's Day vs. Happy Father's Day - 2000
  Father's Day Snippets
  Guns - Million Mom March
  Humor - Non-racist, non-sexist jokes
  Marriage - What No One Tells the Groom - Some Legal Consequences of Marriage. June is the big wedding month. Proposed laws regarding "Informed Consent" before marriage have failed numerous times in the California legislature. It is clear, there is a large segment of the women's movement that does not want men to have a clear picture of what they are committing to. If you are planning on marriage or know someone who is, read this or let the betrothed beware!
• Kidstuff - Lots of links for parents, including general and safety information. Special calendar of Retreats for Your Kids.
• Mediawatch - How advertising is depicting men or what they are saying about men and what you can do about it. New:  BPleasures for Men are truly pleasures.
• Newsbytes - What men's magazines and women's magazines are talking about. Also, what the media are saying about men
  CDon't Swallow!
  CMen and Breast Cancer
  DMassachusettts, Pennsylvania & Alaska Legislate Sex Discrimination.
  DBobby Knight - How Contrite - Good Night!
  DWoman Complains of 50 Hour Work Week
  CLong Hours Get the Boot
  Rise and Fall of the Traditional Breadwinner
  Brothel Battles
  CThousands of Women Walked a Marathon in Their Bras.
  Periodicals - Most recent issues of Men, Parents, Kids, Teens, Women's magazines.
  

• Book Reviews - New books received since the last update, published or copyrighted:
  In 2000: Becoming Colleagues: Women and men serving together in faith, Carol Becker; Calling Our Spirits Home: Gateways to full consciousness, Carla Woody: Daddy Smarts: A guide for rookie fathers, Bradley Richardson; The Dynamics of Conflict Resoluton: A practitioner's guide, Bernard Mayer; Handbook of Conflict Resolution: Theory and practice, Morton Deutsch and Peter T Coleman, Editors; Male Lust: Pleasure, power and transformation, Kerwin Kay, Jill Nagle and Baruch Gould editors; Meant to Be: Miraculous true stories to inspire a lifetime of love, Joyce and Barry Vissell; Narrative Mediation: A new approach to conflict resolution, John Winslade and Gerald Monk; Vibrational Medicine for the 21st Century: The complete guide to energy healing and spiritual transformation, Richard Gerber.
  In 1999: Attitudes of Gratitude: How to give and receive joy every day of your life, M. J. Ryan; Between Mother & Daughter: A teenager and her mom share the secrets of a strong relationship, Judy Ford and Amanda Ford;Coping with Teen Suicide, James Murphy; Fatal Freedom: The ethics and politics of suicide, Thomas Szasz; The Good News about Careers: How you'll be working in he next decade, Barbara Moses; The Millionth Circle: How to change ourselves and the world, The essential guide to women's circles, Jean Shinoda Bolen; Suicide and Attempted Suicide, Geo Stone; Two Dog River, Richard Day; 200 Ways to Raise a Girl's Self-Esteem: An indispensible guide for parents, teachers and other concerned caregivers, Will Glennon.
  In 1998: Flying Solo:  Reimaging manhood, courage, and loss, Leonard Kriegel; Is That All There Is?  Balancing expectation & disappointment in your life, David Brandt; A New Psychotherapy for Traditional Men, Gary Brooks; Sex, Drugs, Gambling & Chocolate: A workbook for overcoming addictions, A. Thomas Horvath; Where Women Stand:  An international report on the status of women in 140 countries, Naomi Neft & Ann Levine.
  In 1997: Finding Freedom: Writings from Death Row, Jarvis Jay Masters; He Meant, She Meant: The definitive male/female dictionary, Jenny Lyn Bader & Bill Brazell; It's a Guy Thing: An owner's manual for women, David Deida; Life Outside: The Signorile Report on Gay Men: Sex, drugs, muscles and the passages of life, Michelangelo Signorile; The Men We Long to Be:  Beyond lonely warriors and desperate lovers, Stephen B. Boyd; The Way of the Superior Man: A man’s guide to mastering the challenges of women, work and sexual desire, David Deida; What does she want from me anyway? Honest answers to the questions men ask about women, Holly Faith Phillips;
  In 1996: Life as We Know It: A father, a family and an exceptional child, Michael Berube; Transgender Warriors:  Making history from Joan of Arc to Dennis Rodman, Leslie Feinberg; The Multi-Orgasmic Man:  How any man can experience multiple orgasms and dramatically enhance his sexual relationship, Mantak Chia & Douglas Abrams Arava; When Men Think Private Thoughts: Exploring the Issues that Captivate the Minds of Men, Gordon MacDonald
• Book of the Week:
  5/1-7: Master Your Panic and Take Back Your Life! Twelve treatment sessions to overcome high anxiety, by Denise Beckfield. 5/8-14:   - Fatal Freedom: The ethics and politics of suicide, Thomas Stephen Szasz.
  5-15-21: - An Even Better Place;  American in the 21st Century, Richard Gephardt.
  5/22-28: Suicide and Attempted Suicide, Geo Stone,
  5/29-31: (Partial week leading into International Men's Month's Book of the Day.) Narrative Mediation: A new approach to conflict resolution, John Winslade and Gerald Monk
• Calendar - Updated International, National, Regional, Local listings and Youth Retreats. All events are broken down by Title, by Type, and by Date. Click on the title to learn more about an event. Also, see Men's Councils and Other Organizations for their regular monthly meetings.
• Issues -
  Awareness
  Happy Mother's Day
  Workplace safety: It's a guy thing
  Cleared for Take-Off - Fun Stuff on the Net
  Violence
  Violence Tax 
  Wild Women!  
  Fox Broadcasting Expands Sexuality Beyond Male and Female
• Kidstuff - Lots of links, along with general and safety information for parents. Special calendar of Retreats for Your Kids.
• Mediawatch - How advertising is depicting men or what they are saying about men and what you can do about it.
• Newsbytes - What men's magazines and women's magazines are talking about. Also, what the media are saying about men.
  Prostate Cancer - What the choices are and how they can affect your life
  Michael's Fight: New hope in the war against Parkinson's Disease; MA Call for a Boycott of All Simon & Schuster Products
• Periodicals - Most recent issues of Men, Parents, Kids, Teens, Women's magazines.
  

• April is *Child Abuse Prevention, *Cancer Control, Alcohol Awareness, International Legacy, International Work Life Enrichment, Keep America Beautiful, Mathematics Education, Month of the Young Child, National STDS Education and Awareness, National Youth Sports Safety, School Library Media, Sports Eye Safety, Spring Ahead for Life, Stress Awareness, (breathe) World Habitat Awareness, Autism Awareness. Occupational Therapy, and National Poetry Month among others. Depending on the school system, it's also Spring Break. And Apr 1 is Sorry Charlie (The Tuna) Day and Apr 1-7 is: Golden Rule Week. Apr 2-8: Testicular Cancer Awareness Week. Apr 3-9 is National Public Health Week. Apr 9-15 is *Pan American Week and National Volunteer Week. Apr 16-22: *National Crime Victims' Rights Week, National Infant Immunization Week, *National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week, National PTA Earth Week, Reach Out and Read Week. Apr 23-29:  *National Volunteer Week, Professional Secretaries Week, Sky Awareness Week. Apr 24-30: Egg Salad Week, National Playground Safety Week, National TV Turnoff Week, Reading is Fun Week. Apr 30-May 6:  *National Science & Technology Week. The * means a Presidential Proclamation was made. In all of this, don't let Child Abuse Prevention get lost. Check out our extensive sections of Issues: Abuse, Circumcision, Gangs, Hazing, Incest/Molestation, Ritual Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Harassment, Suicide, TV Violence, Violence, Domestic Violence, Women's Violence and Prisons. and Books - Abuse of Boys, Child Abuse, Abuse - MPD, Ritual Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Circumcision, Anger, Forgiveness, Violence, Domestic Violence, Sexual Violence, Sexual Harassment, and Women's Violence.
• Book Reviews - New books received since the last update, published or copyrighted:
  In 2000: Child Safe: A practical guide for preventing childhood injuries (0-14), Mark Brandenburg; Getting Our Kids Back on Track: Educating children for the future, Janine Bempechat; The Prodigal Father: A true story of tragedy, survival and reconciliation in an American family, Jon du Pre.
  In 1999: From Courtship to Courtroom:  What divorce law is doing to marriage..., Jed Abraham; Master Your Panic and Take Back Your Life! Twelve treatment sessions to overcome high anxiety, Denise Beckfield; Prostate Health in 90 Days: without drugs or surgery, Larry Clapp; Happily Ever After: Can you be friends after lovers? Alan Cohen; Constant Craving: What your food cravings mean and how to overcome them, Doreen Virtue; Staying at the Top of Your Game: A man's guide to peak performance, Timothy Gower.
  In 1998: The Best Interests of the Child: The least detrimental alternative, Joseph Goldstein, Albrt Solnit, Sonja Goldstein, Anna Freud; Emotional Abuse, Marti Tamm Loring; Heal Your Body A-Z: The mental causes for physical illness and the way to overcome them, Louis Hay; Wound Boys, Heroic Men: A man's guide to recovering from child abuse, Daniel Jay Sonkin.
  In 1997: Ghosts from the Nursery: Tracing the roots of violence, Robin Karr-Morse and Meredith Wiley; Abused Men: The hidden side of domestic violence, Philip Cook; The 60-Second Shrink: 101 strategies for staying sane in a crazy world, Arnold and Chilfford Lazarus; Born to Rebel: Birth order, family dynamics and creative lives, Frank Sulloway; Thriving: The complete mind/body guide for optimal health and fitness for men, Robert Ivker & Edward Zorensky.
  In 1996: Reason to Hope: A psychosocial perspective on violence & youth, Leonard Eron, Jacquelyn Gentry & Peggy Schlegel; Understanding the Male Temperament, Tim LaHaye.
  Video Tapes:  Kings with Straw Mats; Once Were Warriors.
  Audio Tapes: Getting Ready: Preparing for surgery, chemotherapy and other treatments, Bernie Siegel; Healing Relationships: Your relationship to life and creation, Bernie Siegel.
  Book of the Week:
  4/3-9: Betrayed as Boys:  Psychodynamic treatment of sexually abused men, Richard B. Gartner.
  4/10-16: Child Safe: A practical guide for preventing childhood injuries (0-14), Mark Brandenburg.
  4/17-23: A Man Named Dave:  A story of triumph and forgiveness, Dave Pelzer.
  4/24-30: Rag & Bone Shop of the Heart:  Poems for men, editors Michael Meade, Robert Bly, James Hillman.
• Calendar - Major changes. With almost 700 events, we've added several new features. All events are broken down by Title, by Type, and by Date for International, National, Regional and Local events. Youth workshops are included in these listings as well as in a separate calendar solely for them at the end of Kidstuff. Click on the title to learn more about an event. Also, see Men's Councils and Other Organizations for their regular monthly meetings. And, still under construction, is a list of workshops by Lead Facilitator. Whew. Are we missing anything?
• International Contacts - New: Where In The World do You Come From?
• Issues:  
  Children
  Children & Divorce
  Child Sexual Abuse
  Day Care
  MGuns & Youth Suicide
  Marriage and Prison for Thousands of Innocent Men Every Year
  Poison.
• Kidstuff: Lots of links, along with general and safety information for parents. Special calendar of Retreats for Your Kids.
• Links - Updated
• Mediawatch How advertising is depicting men or what they are saying about men and what you can do about it.
• Newsbytes - What men's magazines and women's magazines are talking about. Also, what the media are saying about men.
  B It Never Hurts to Ask
  Objectification.
• Periodicals - Most recent issues of Men, Parents, Kids, Teens, Women's magazines.
• Resources: New: Updated hyperlinks to members of the Senate, and how to find and reach your own Representative.
• Requests for Help includes Calls for Papers for publications and conferences. New:  Sexual Boredom Scale Survey
  

• Book Reviews - New books received since the last update, published or copyrighted:
  In 2000: The Courage for Peace: Daring to create harmony in ourselves and the world Louise Diamond; Choose to Lose Weight-loss plan for men:  A take-control program for men with the guts to lose, Ron and Nancy Goor; A Guide to Getting It On, Paul Joannides; The Masculine Self, 2nd edition, Christopher Kilmartin; Psychological Perspectives on Human Sexuality, Lenore Szuchman and Frank Muscarella; and The Courage to Give: Inspiring stories of people who triumphed over tragedy to make a difference in the world, Jackie Waldman.
  In 1999: How to Make Yourself Happy and Remarkably Less Disturbable, Albert Ellis; It's Not the Glass Ceiling, It's the Sticky Floor: and other things our daughters should know about marriage, work and motherhood, Karen Endberg; Without, Donald Hall; and The Crisis of Desire: AIDS and the fate of gay brotherhood, Robin Hardy and David Groff, . Also, two videos Evolutionary Masturbation: An intimate guide to male orgasm and Fire in the Valley: An intimate guide to female genital massage.
  In 1998: A Guy's Guide to Pregnancy: Preparing for parenthood together, Frank Mungeam.
  In 1997: Sex Magick2, Cecilia Tan.
  In 1996:  Men Before Ten a.m., Veronique Vial and Pam Houston.
  Book of the Week:
  2/28-3/5: Great Books for African-American Children, Pamela Toussaint, to celebrate "Read Across America Day" 3/2 sponsored by the National Education Association in honor of the birthday of Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel).
  3/6-12: The Masculine Self. 2nd edition, Christopher Kilmartin (to kick-off Gender Equality Month).
  3/13-19: Women Can't Hear What Men Don't Say: Destroying myths, creating love, Warren Farrell.
  3/20-26: Ceasefire! Why women and men must join forces to achieve true equality, Cathy Young.
  3/27-4/2: Gender, Emotion and the Family, Leslie Brody.
• Calendar - Updated International, National, Regional, Local listings and Youth Retreats. New: Now, search just for those events in your state. March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, National Nutrition Month, Red Cross Month, Social Worker's Month, Women's History Month and Gender Equality Month: Time to honor both genders; time to meditate on the equality of women and men, on the respect due to both women and men, and on Goddess-God manifesting as woman and man. The Mystic's Wheel of the Year 2000. In keeping with this, be sure to read our writing under "Newsbytes" called Mothers Aren't Essential in Raising Children. Also, be sure to check out our books on Feminism, Sexism, Sex Roles, and Social Theory in this regard.
• Issues -
  Disabilities
  Guns
  Marriage
  Seniors
  Smoking
  Stress
  War
• Kidstuff - Lots of links, along with general and safety information for parents. Special calendar of Retreats for Your Kids. New: The Miracle of a Brother's Song
• Links - Updated
• Mediawatch- MDropping Bombs on Your Moms - Sony
• Newsbytes - What men's magazines and women's magazines are talking about. Also, what the media are saying about men.
  The Journal of the American Psychological Association says DMothers Aren't Essential in Raising Children.
  BWomen:  You too can handle this.
  DAnatomy of a Talk Show.  
  CYou've Gotta See This!.
  CSurprise! Ms. Does a Father Positive Story.
  CBoyz II Girlz: The vanishing American male.
  CGay Today. 
  CRoxy's Rock.
• Periodicals - Most recent issues of Men, Parents, Kids, Teens, Women's magazines. New: Interesting new periodical for teens/twenties called CStance: Youth culture below mainstream radar.
• Requests - New: Semen Burns Partner; Call for Papers - Gay Spirituality 4/15; Call for Papers - Men's Health - 6/1 for Publication
  

• Book Reviews - New books received since the last update, published or copyrighted:
  In 2000: 101 Instructions for Surviving Your Divorce: A no-nonsense guide to the challenges at hand, Barbara Walton; 50 Ways to Love Your Leaver: Getting on with your life after the breakup, Dwight Webb; Men, Women and Prostate Cancer: A medical and psychological guide for women and the men they love, Barbara Rubin Wainrib, Sandra Haber, Jack MaGuire.
  In 1999: Christian Acts of Kindness; The Community of Kindness: Reconnecting to friends, family and the world through the power of kindness; The 9 Types of Lovers: Why we love the people we do & how they drive us crazy, Daphne Rose Kingma; Heart's Calling, Michael DiBenedetto; The Gendered Atom: Reflections on the sexual psychology of science, Theodore Roszak;
  In 1998: Affordable Justice: How to settle any dispute, including divorce, out of court, Elizabeth Allen; Family Secrets, Gay Sons: A mother's story, Jean Baker; Queer Kids: The challenges and promise of lesbian, gay and bisexual youth, Robert Owens Jr.; Shortcuts to Bliss: The 50 best ways to improve relationshps, connect with spirit & make your dreams come true, Jonathan Robinson.
  In 1997: Aprender a vivir sin violencia (Learning to Live Without Violence) Manual para hombres, Jorge Corsi, Daniel Jay Sonkin & Michael Durphy, & Donald Mohr; Gay Widowers: Life after the death of a partner, Shernoff, Michael; Growth and Intimacy for Gay Men: A workbook, Christopher Alexander.
  In 1996: Heart Centered Marriage: Fulfilling our natural desire for sacred partnership, Sue Patton Thoele.
• Book of the Week:
  1/31-2/6: Your Best Year Yet! Ten questions for making the next twelve months your most successful ever, Jinny Ditzler.
  2/7-13 Stopping the Train:  The landmark victory over same-sex sexual harassment in the workplace, Edwin Martin.
  2/14-20: The 9 Types of Lovers: Why we love the people we do & how they drive us crazy, Daphne Rose Kingma.
  2/21-27:  My Life as a Male Anorexic, Michael Krasnow for "Eating Disorder Awareness Week."
  2/28-3/5: Great Books for African-American Children, Pamela Toussaint to celebrate Mar 2 as "Read Across America Day" sponsored by the National Education Association in honor of the birthday of Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel).
• Calendar - Updated International, National, Regional, Local listings and Youth Retreats.
• Issues -
  Fathers - Important safety information - Burger King's Pokeman Ball was recalled as a possible hazard to infants and toddlers. A must read father's story:
  The Peeing Tree. Humor - The Difference between Women and Men.
  Deaf - information, including books and support organizations, for (1) deaf or hearing impaired persons, (2) deaf parents, and/or (3) parents of a deaf or hearing impaired child.
• Kidstuff - Lots of links, along with general and safety information for parents. Special calendar of Retreats for Your Kids.
• POVs -
  What Makes Up "A Real Man"? And, Our Position Statement.
• Periodicals - Most recent issues of Men, Parents, Kids, Teens, Women's magazines.
• Requests - Check out the new Men's Chat Rooms.
  

• Book Reviews - New books received since the last update, published or copyrighted:
  In 2000: Your Best Year Yet! Ten questions for making the next twelve months your most successful ever, Jinny Ditzler; Rebuilding: When your relationship ends, Bruce Fisher and Robert Alberti; Stopping the Train: The landmark victory over same-sex sexual harassment in the workplace, Edwin B. Martin Jr.; Divorce Handbook for California: How to dissolve your marriage without disaster, Judge James W.Stewart.
  In 1999: Male and Female Circumcision: Medical, legal, and ethical considerations in pediatric practice, George C. Denniston, Frederick Mansfield Hodges, Marilyn Fayre Milos; Women Can't Hear What Men Don't Say: Destroying myths, creating love, Warren Farrell; Wonderful Ways to be a Stepparent, Judy Ford and Anna Chase; Mother's Nature: Timeless wisdom for the journey into motherhood, Andrea Alban Gosline and Lisa Burnett Bossi; Staying at the Top of Your Game: A man's guide to peak performance, Timothy Gower; Bitter Ice: a memoir of love, food and obsession, Barbara Kent Lawrence; 4 Downs to Anger Control: Control anger and strengthen character with football concepts and principles, Tom Letson; The Quest for Maleness: Avoiding emasculation. Releasing the creative powers of the true male, Theun Mares; Women Are From Venus, Men Are From Hell, Amanda Newman; Men Like Trees, Walking, Seven stories, Robert di Pasquale; Take Back Your Life: Smart ways to simplify daily living, Odette Pollar: Stressed is Desserts Spelled Backward: Rising above life's challenges with humor, hope and courage, Brian Luke Seaward; Rave America: New school dancescapes, Mireille Silcott; Somebody's Knocking at Your Door: AIDS and the African-American church, Ronald Jeffrey Weatherford and Carole Boston.
  In 1998: Coming Back to Life: Practices to reconnect our lives, our world, Joanna Macy and Molly Young Brown; Make the Brain-Body Connection: A playful guide to releasing mental, physical and emotional blocks to success, Sharon Promislow.
  In 1997: Polyamory The New Love Without Limits: Secrets of sustainable intimate relationships, Deborah Anapol; Love Yourself, Heal Your Life Workbook, Louise Hay; Reclaiming Male Sexuality: A guide to potency, vitality and prowess, George Ryan; Born to Rebel: Birth order, family dynamics, and creative lives, Frank Sulloway.
  In 1996: Fuck You Too: The extras + more scrapbook, Glen Friedman.
• Book of the Week:
  1/24-30: Rebuilding: When your relationship ends, Bruce Fisher and Robert Alberti.
• Bookmobile - Curator takes bookmobile off the road after visiting 24 states and covering over 30,000 miles over the last 5 1/2 years. He's taking a year off. Check in for a weekly progress report on what's happening.
• Calendar - Updated International, National, Regional, Local listings and Youth Retreats.
• Issues -
  Circumcision - Two major books have been published recently on the subject of circumcision, each over 500 pages.
  Divorce & Custody - The Fair Way - Something New in Divorce Mediation
  Fathers - Where to Put a Fire Extinguisher?
  Health - Ritalin is Ridiculous
  The Myth: Medical Research is Biased Against Women
  Sexual Harassment Combined material to make a separate major issue; Sexuality - Don't Have Sex in Mississippi, To Those Who Teach the Children Shame, Only Yes Means Yes, But Is It Legal
• Kidstuff - Lots of links, along with general and safety information for parents. Special calendar of Retreats for Your Kids.
• Links - Updated.
• Mediawatch - New: Find Your Voice - Virginia Slims
• Newsbytes - What men's magazines and women's magazines are talking about. Also, what the media are saying about men.
  MDixie Chicks Get Away with Murder and Get a Grammy for it; BWomen & Rage: The truth about violence.
• Periodicals - Most recent issues of Men, Parents, Kids, Teens, Women's magazines.
• Requests - New: Guys - have a favorite recipe, love potion, beverage that you love. There's a new cook book for men coming out and if you get your information in by February 16, you might be included.

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  For Fathers: www.fatherstuff.org
  For Kids & Teens: www.menstuff.org/kidstuff/current.html Lots of links,along with general and safety information for parents. Special calendar of Retreats for Your Kids.
  For Men's Health: www.healthstuff.us
  For Men's Issues: www.mensissues.us
  For Relationship: www.relationstuff.org
  For Sexstuff: www.letstalkaboutsex.org
  For Testicular Cancer: www.tcaw.org
  For Prostate Cancer: www.pcaw.org
  For Men At Risk: www.menatrisk.org
  For NonProfit Men'sOrganizations: www.mencare.org
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  If you are between 15-40: A monthly reminder to do a testicular self exam.
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  If you are 60+: A monthly reminder to do a breast cancer self-exam. Hundreds of men die every year from breast cancer.
• Calendar - Updated International, National, Regional, Local listings. All events are broken down by Title, Type, and Date. Click on the title to learn more about an event. Also, see Men's Councils and Other Organizations to find out when they hold regular meetings.
• Mediawatch - How advertising is depicting men or what they are saying about men and what you can do about it.
• Periodicals - Most recent issues of magazines for Men, Fathers/Parents, Kids, Teens, Women.
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