Asked how he is feeling, a man says fine. Pressed, he says he does not know. This is often taken as evasion — by partners, by clinicians, sometimes by the man himself, who assumes he…
Two patterns show up repeatedly in men who come in about relationships, and on the surface they look like opposites. One man cannot tolerate being alone. He organises his life around a partner's moods, avoids…
A layoff. A separation. A diagnosis. A move, a demotion, a death in the family, the end of a rotation that had structured the last eight years. Something changes, and a few weeks later a…
A good number of men arrive at a urology appointment having already concluded that the matter is closed. They tried one of the oral medications, perhaps a sample from a friend or something ordered online,…
The oral medications for erectile dysfunction are among the most recognisable drugs in the world, and also among the most misunderstood. Men arrive at appointments having already formed firm opinions about them — that they…
Anabolic steroid use is far more common than the number of men who mention it to a physician would suggest. It runs through gyms, through some trades, and through men in their thirties and forties…
A fair number of men sit in the parking lot for a few minutes before a first mental health appointment. The apprehension is rarely about the problem that brought them in. It is about the…
Two objections come up more or less every time opioid agonist therapy is raised. The first is that it amounts to trading one drug for another. The second is that it means being tied to…
The decision usually arrives quietly. A man looks at how many nights of the week involve drinking, or notices that the first one of the evening has stopped being optional, and decides that Monday is…
A man can go a long stretch without noticing that the enjoyment has drained out of things. The fishing trip still happens. The truck still gets washed on Saturday. The game is still on in…
