Power Conscious and Unconscious
If politics is the business of social power, then gender politics is the business of gender power in society. So what can we conclude from the fact that today's gender politics is basically the business of fixing things for women?There seem ...
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| EDITORIAL |  | Reflections on Dialogue
A couple of years ago, I participated in something organized by a friend, which she called a “gender dialogue.” My friend defined dialogue as one person speaking while others listened, without judgment and without any response (other than ...
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| FEATURED ARTICLE | Excerpt from Both Sides Now
WHEN I ARRIVED FOR MY APPOINTMENT AT DR. BROWNSTEIN'S office, he carefully unwrapped the bandages and then began to pull out the stitches along the bottom of my pecs. He placed a thin strip of surgical tape over the scars and told me to continue ...
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Confessions of a Male
Confessions of a Male Once Trapped in a Female’s Body One Man’s Journey Through Womanhood, exposed here. by: Erica Pearlman Mr. Dhillon Khosla isn’t your average Joe. Sure, he’s got muscular pecs and a strong ...
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Love, Pain, the Whole Damn Thing
Love, pain, the whole damn thing! Is marriage obsolete? Observations by GRIP reader Kathleen Kevany on “Is Marriage Obsolete?” GRIP magazine issue #2, June 2006 Editors: We read your comments with interest, Kathleen, and we thank you fo ...
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Open Invitation from CEPC
An Open Invitation from the Canadian Equal Parenting Council (CEPC)By Maureen Geddes “SPLIT DECISIONS After two decades of favouring joint custody of children, divorce courts are turning against an arrangement that can make ugly con ...
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CEPC letter of invitation
CANADIAN EQUAL PARENTING COUNCIL Conseil canadien pour le rôle parental égal 25 Bowring Walk Toronto, Ontario M3H 5Z8 July 31, 2006 Dear Friends of Equal Parenting: We write to invite your group to consider membership in the C ...
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| COLUMNS |  | Herb Goldberg Column 3
Women’s Addiction to Fusion (Women Call it “Intimacy”) and Men’s Addiction to Disconnection (Men Call it “Freedom”) The most distressing and painful dialogues in relationships are about women’s feelings of n ...
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Men of the World - Inner, Outer and Other
Still Crazy After All These Fears by Woodrow S Charles Willow I’m too afraid to tell you my fears; I’m scared you’ll use them against me. No, I’m being facetious. At least now I am, though that was the first fear I had to ...
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Single Guy Stuff
Has anybody ever noticed how shit happens? This is my second attempt at writing this column and I really hate having to redo anything. I take pride in getting my musings in on time and that's not going to occur this issue. Actually this is a huge ...
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Cam On...
A small child goes crying to his mother."What's wrong?" she asks."The kids at school say that mummy and daddy are really the tooth fairy Mummy. Is it true are you really the tooth fairy?"Faced with one of those existenti ...
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 | On The Frontline
Editor's Note: Our dynamic duo has decided to speak with independent voices on the subject of men's and women's fears for this issue. Tension by Intention Redux by Michael Joss Rudy ...
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Gender, Law and fatherhood
Gender, Law and fatherhood by Steven Svoboda Men’s and women fears are such a powerful topic I hardly know where to begin. I suppose my fears in regard to marriage/close relationships with women are pretty typical for males: los ...
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 | NonViolent Action
On Monday my son Domenic and I finished six weeks of vacation. Myoriginal plan was to focus efforts on a planned NonViolent Action forAugust 15th, outside the offices of Sen. Clinton in Syracusehttp://www.AKidsRight.Org/actionc_syr). That ...
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| NEWS, HAPPENINGS, EVENTS | Newsflash: Male Genital Mutilation Down
Newsflash: Male Genital Mutilations Decline Almost 60% in a DecadeThis just in from the Association for Genital Integrity... (http://www.courtchallenge.com) New statistics from the Canadian Institute for Health Information show a ...
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| BOOK, TAPE, AND FILM REVIEWS | See Jane Hit Review
See Jane Hit: Why Girls are Growing More Violent and What We Can Do About It. By James Garbarino, Ph.D. New York: Penguin Press, 2006. www.penguin.com. US $25.95. Canada $36.00. 294 pages. Seven years after writing “Lost Boys: ...
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Save the Males Review
Save the Males: Common Sense on Gender and Family Issues. By R. F. Doyle. Forest Lake, Minnesota: Poor Richard’s Press, 2006. www.lulu.com. No price stated on book, but website gives price for book as US $16.45, for download US $6.95. 23 ...
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Terms of Enforcement Review
Terms of Enforcement: Making Men Pay for What They’ve Done. By Steven S. Richmond. Victoria, BC: Trafford Publishing, 2002. www.trafford.com. US $19.95. 222 pages. Psychotherapist and former social service administrator Steven Richm ...
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Soulmate or Cell-Mate book review
Soulmate or Cell~mate, You Make the Choice. A guide to Healthy Relationships. By Jackie Woods, Jackie, Columbus, NC: Adawehi Press, 2006. 245 pages, US $19.95 www.jackiewoods.org. Reviewed by Kathleen Kevany In, Sou ...
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| LETTERS TO THE EDITOR | Letter from Mark Waldie
Thank you for your article entitled, "An Attempt to Explain Irrational Family Law." What I hold to be the central point of your article was very insightful. I am amazed (in a good way--your contribution to legal and justi ...
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Letter from Katherine Willow
Congratulations on GRIP #2 and here's some feedback from a fan. Madelainne and Michael, you are adorable, hopeful and juicy – amongst all kinds of other qualities. Thanks for letting us in to your relationships as it grows. This is s ...
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Letter from Sandy Jakab
What a substantive and substantial publication GRIP is!Congratulations to you, Maureen and David - your vision for this magazine is oneworth having. And thank you so much for including me in your list ofcontributing authors.Warm regards,Sandy Ja ...
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Letter from Jackie Unitt
Dear David and Maureen,About the format of the dialogue:You both have much experience, and knowledge of gender issues. Even though I am not comfortable with the dialogue format, I tried to apply myself because I knew that I should be able to learn fr ...
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Response to "Are We There Yet?"
The following is in response to the article, "Are We There Yet?," by Sandy Jakab which appeared in the #2 Spring, 2006 issue of GRIP, p.40-41. The femocentricity of the above article was discouragingly obvious. The ...
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The Nature of Men and Women
A column exploring how our evolutionary heritage influences current gender relations. Manhood must be AchievedMargaret Mead makes an observation about primitive societies that seems to apply to modern society as well: “[T]he small g ...
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Modern Parenting
Fears Parents FaceA couple leaving hospital with their newborn suddenly considered what was the safest route home. They’d never thought of such a thing before.Well that’s parenthood. Worry ahead. Welcome ...
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theSexes@work.calm
"He Said, She Said" Strikes GoldIs your workplace having a conversation about gender communication, or dialogue? Offering communication courses with a specific component directed at gendered language? The common answers: (a) "No. ...
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