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MENZ in the Reader’s Digest

Filed under: General,Men's Health — JohnPotter @ 9:27 pm Sun 2nd April 2006

MENZ in Reader's Digest
The March 2006 New Zealand Reader’s Digest has an article titled ‘Big Boys Don’t Cry’, which has a list of resources that includes this web site!

It says (not very accurately):

Lots of links and an online forum. Runs support meetings in Auckland.

But hey, who’s complaining? Welcome to any new readers who arrive by way of the Digest!

The article is worth reading, and male-friendly:

Although emotions have long been considered a female trademark, men report feelings as often as woman, and describe their experiences of emotion similarly. In an analysis of the emotional intelligence of 500,000 adults, men rated just as high in emotional awareness. In studies of married couples, husbands proved as attuned to their mate’s stress levels as wives – and just as capable of offering support.

A second article, ‘I love you mate’, explores the relationships men have with each other:

“Men often know one another’s deepest feelings by a look or a nod, not by talking.”

8 Responses to “MENZ in the Reader’s Digest”

  1. Alastair says:

    This was the way men learnt to communicate. While hunting for dinosaurs, there could be no noise. Men learnt to trust instincts of what they saw of each other

  2. JohnP says:

    Alastair wrote:

    While hunting for dinosaurs

    Thank goodness they got them all eh?

  3. Stephen says:

    They haven’t got me yet!

  4. triassic says:

    I don’t need to hug a man to feel his warmth either. I get a good indication from a good hand shake and a mans face as to his true feelings. Some men get it better from a hug and that’s fine. Jesus was betrayed with a kiss which is why outward symbols of love mean sweet fuck all.

  5. Al D Rado says:

    I was betrayed by a kiss from my ex …

  6. tonyf says:

    et tu brute? 😛

  7. JohnP says:

    Reader’s Digest reporter Nicole Wraight emailed me:

    I see you mention some of our articles from the March 2006 issue – although you believe it was ‘inaccurate’.

    Would you please share with me what exactly was inaccurate? We pride ourselves in getting factual information to our readers and hope we can clear up any mistakes.

    I replied:
    The information you gave about MENZ was incorrect – we do not run meetings in Auckland. I used to be involved with the meetings run by Men’s Center North Shore in Northcote, but have not done so for over a year.

    Unfortunately, they haven’t paid the bill for their domain name registration, so I am unable to direct you to their web site.

    I should have made this clear in my comments, and when I get a moment I will add a note to this effect. I appreciate you giving us a mention.

  8. Moose says:

    Here’s a thought : Why is it that the way women communicate considered to be the ONLY way to communicate ?

    Or is it that we just aren’t heard …

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