A sample of topics includes boyhood, the privileges and perils of collegiate masculinities, fears about men's friendships, men and work, men and health, intimacy and power issues with women, male sexualities, male violence, and men in families. This is a course for both women and men about men's issues. Men are powerfully affected by the experiences of growing up male and having people respond to them as male. This course is informed by recent scholarship on men's issues and feminist scholarship. Men's issues are often very compatible with women's issues.
Many men seem to have strong feelings of being disappointed with their fathers.
Many men feel quite powerless and have been damaged by harsh masculine socialization. Many men have trouble dealing with strong women. Males are encouraged from an early age to suppress their feelings. Many men have problems establishing and maintaining intimacy in relationships. Most acts of violence are committed by men.