Talk:Male bonding

message: This is just a dictionary definition. I'm not sure it can be made encyclopedic. -- Zwilson 00:45, 23 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Maybe another tag would be better, but I put the "NPOV" tag up because it seems that the article at this point is one-sided, even on the negative side. It basically lists two forms of male bonding, both, in my opinion, stereotypical: 1. war, 2. drinking and watching sports. 
Men bond in many other ways, such as camping and fishing trips, or even spiritual events (such as the Promise Keepers movement). The war/battle and drinking is certainly part of it, but there is much more to this topic than what is present at the moment. -- Andrew Parodi 17:58, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: NPOV tag

message: This author does not know what they are talking about.
The gist of the webpages is that females are mutually supportive whilst men make wars.
'Bonding' and attachment are extremely important issues in psychology. Individuals with confused feelings may read these articles and seriously believe that there is something wrong with them because either they are in a female body and want to make war or in a male body and want to make cakes.
There are not different genes in our body which make us want to go to war or make cakes according to our gender. The idea is ridiculous.
Mankind is all the same. We all have feelings and emotions and is wrong to assign particular feelings or emotions according to the person's sex.
I have tried to highlight these points in the TALK pages on; Human bonding, Male bonding and now Female bonding.
Whoever is writing this stuff should read up on attachment theory.
uh huh BlackAdvisor (talk) 00:07, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Critique on Wikipedia page on Female Bonding - Even more Clap Trap

message: I propose that Bromance be merged into Male bonding. This article is small, compared to the content present at bromance.  Yet if/when this article gets fleshed out, I predict the two articles together will have large amounts of overlap and duplication in text, context, and reliable sources.  Thus, this is a good candidate for Wikipedia:Merging.  Thoughts? --Ds13 (talk) 23:53, 3 January 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Hello . I agree that Male bonding should be merged with Bromance but propose that the article remain as Male bonding due to Bromance being an area of Male bonding and not the other way around. The content of both articles are similar enough and both articles would benefit in expanding the content on the subject.Jpani004 (talk) 01:40, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger proposal 

message: "Friendships among men are often primarily based on shared activities and ambitions"
If that's true, aren't those friendships supposed to be very temporary? I mean (shared) interests change with time. Besides, I don't see how sharing activities with someone makes them your friend?79.100.28.127 (talk) 16:13, 7 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Shared interests/activities

message: What I've seen in this article and dictionary definitions is a deliberate, often tortured, sidestepping of homosexuality. See the movie "I Love You, Man" (2009) to see how Hollywood interprets it. Sex is touched upon by Sydney (Jason Segal) but Peter (stiffly portrayed by Paul Rudd) will have none of it. Do heterosexual men "bond" only up to a certain point? Can they touch? Can they get naked together? Isn't "bromance" stronger than "bond"?
What prompted me to come here is a new article in ScienceDaily 25 Nov 2014 "Homosexuality may help us bond, experts say" Say what?? In reading this article I think the authors failed to define and understand "bond". They are as confused as this article. I'd have to agree with KingsleyMiller above. The subject of "male bonding" is way beyond this author's ability to understand it 
Link: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/11/141125074755.htm
Dangnad (talk) 02:03, 27 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Is sexual activity involved

message: I want to propose adding a new heading section that speaks on the male bonding that specifically forms in male locker rooms. Possibly titled Bonding in the Locker room. Some potential sources are:
*	Curry, T. J. (1991). Fraternal bonding in the locker room: A profeminist analysis of talk about competition and women. Sociology of Sport Journal, 8(2), 119-135. 
*  Jimerson, J. B. (2001). A conversation (re)analysis of fraternal bonding in the locker room. Sociology of Sport Journal, 18(3), 317-338. 
I think this header is important to the article because the locker room culture for males is important to the sociology of Male bonding.Jpani004 (talk) 02:02, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Do you know of any sources people can turn to? Alfgarciamora (talk) 15:06, 16 September 2016 (UTC)
replies: text:  In this article i plan on contributing how male bonding has an impact on men in the ways of body condition and brain activity also how these things differ through out there life span.
I will talk about the types of male bonding that is seen more as kids/teens and adults.
I will talk the the importance of male bonding.
Also i will talk about what countries encourage or discourage male bonding and why.
Sources
ALLEN, MS. Male Bonding and American Literature. Midwest Quarterly. 36, 1, 19-41, Sept. 1994. ISSN: 00263451.
LAM, JS. Male Bonding in Ming China. NAN NU -- Men, Women & Gender in Early & Imperial China. 9, 1, 70-110, Mar. 2007. ISSN: 13876805
Town, C. J. (2004). "The Most Blatant of All Our American Myths": Masculinity, Male Bonding, and the Wilderness in Sinclair Lewis's Mantrap. Journal Of Men's Studies, 12(3), 193-205.
Klitzman R. From "Male Bonding Rituals" to "Suicide Tuesday": A Qualitative Study of Issues Faced by Gay Male Ecstasy (MDMA) Users. Journal Of Homosexuality [serial online]. November 2006;51(3):7-32. Available from: Academic Search Complete, Ipswich, MA. Accessed October 4, 2016.
Koblitz A. Male Bonding around the Campfire. Men & Masculinities[serial online]. July 2006;9(1):95-107. Available from: Academic Search Complete, Ipswich, MA. Accessed October 4, 2016.
DENNISON, MC. McSorley's : John Sloan's Visual Commentary on Male Bonding, Prohibition, and the Working Class. American Studies (00263079). 47, 2, 23-38, 2006. ISSN: 00263079. --Ttyrell3 (talk) 00:12, 5 October 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Adding specific areas of male bonding

message: "...and by a chance it is, it can be restored through heterosexual marriage."
"...an attack on feminism from what they've seen and what they have associated with male bonding. Although many males disagree with this..."
"They say it is about having a male friend to talk to..."
"...males also associate the reason they need male bonding is to have someone to watch and do sports with"
Is this supposed to be a parody? This entire thing reads like it was written as one man's idea of an objective form of masculinity that all men uniformly share. I've reverted the article and if something more scholarly can be added, feel free to start from there. 62.56.116.70 (talk) 12:49, 18 December 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reverted article