SPORT – – Month 6 – – #FeministFactFriday

Theme #6 for Feminist Fact Friday So far in this series I’ve covered POLITICS, HEROES, MONEY, BEHAVIOUR and MEN and not a single one of those topics has left me as out of my depth as SPORT. In full confession mode I’ve never had much of an interest in sport. But that’s not made me blind to… Continue reading →

‘Man Up’ Behaviour Costs The UK £2.9 Billion a Year – Week 20

In writing this week’s Feminist Fact Friday I’ve borrowed liberally from the excellent Book of Man who covered a report from Promundo called ‘The Cost of the Man Box’. As the previous weeks have shown, being a man correlates strongly with mental health issues and poor health, as well as inequalities in how men are… Continue reading →

84 Men Take Their Own Life Every Week in the UK – Week 19

Before I start this piece I’d like to revisit some important resources I named in last week’s post: if you, or someone you know is having mental health difficulties or has talked about suicide or given you any other cause for concern then please check out any one of the following resources: Call the Samaritans… Continue reading →

One man in five dies before the age of 65 – Week 18

One man in five dies before the age of 65 Readers of last week’s posts will have seen that this month is all about MEN. I’m focusing on the ways in which inequality badly affects men as well as women because to me equality is better for everyone. It’s currently Men’s Health Week and there… Continue reading →