The Good Men Project
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Being There
Manhood is determined not by organs or genetics, but by actions, and in that moment, when all my son wanted was a little bit of me, I proved that as a man I had failed, and I knew it. I went to my bathroom and fell to the floor, wishing I could die, wishing I were already dead.
"Men have accounted for more than 70 percent of the 7 million jobs lost since the recession began in December 2007. For many men, the loss of a job is an existential event that cuts to the core of their being. If you are what you do - which is how many guys see it - then who are you if you no longer do what you once did?
Perhaps it’s just coincidence, but men seem to be under the cultural microscope at the moment, with a focus on the ways they cope, or don’t, with suddenly changing roles."
--THE BOSTON GLOBE, in its review of The Good Men Project
