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On the effects of testosterone on brain behavioral functions. Introduction Despite current efforts of the European commission to combat gender issues with respect to gender equality, men and women are different in several important aspects (Cahill, 2014).

On the effects of testosterone on brain behavioral functions

These aspects include cognitive functioning and behavioral traits. Some of these may be socially induced, but scientists have showed on intact animals that other factors such as genetics and gender itself are mostly responsible forthe sex differences in behavior and cognition. Therefore, the current research strategies are calling for including both males and females in the research in order to report the possible gender differences (Ruigrok et al., 2014). How to Make a Rope Out of Plastic Bags. These days, if we need some rope, we buy it at our local home improvement store.

How to Make a Rope Out of Plastic Bags

But making your own rope requires no special tools, no special skills, and only takes as much time as you feel like putting into it. In a lot of ways, rope-making is similar to knitting. Once you’re comfortable with the process, you can likely do it without looking. How to Carve a Turtle Out of a Bar of Soap. Whittling has long been a way people have wiled away the time.

How to Carve a Turtle Out of a Bar of Soap

If you’ve got a younger child who isn’t quite ready to whittle real wood yet, they can cut their teeth with the skill by carving up a bar of soap. Carving soap into animals is something you might have done in Boy Scouts when you were a kid, and is something you can do just for fun with your own children. Soap makes an ideal substance for kids to whittle because it’s so soft. Soft enough that your kiddo can even use a butter knife for the job if they don’t yet have experience with using a pocket knife. This activity allows them to practice handling a knife without running the risk of cutting themselves. 100 Skills Every Man Should Know. With our archives now 3,500+ articles deep, we’ve decided to republish a classic piece each Friday to help our newer readers discover some of the best, evergreen gems from the past.

100 Skills Every Man Should Know

This article was originally published in September 2015. It’s been fodder for many a heated debate among men for centuries. Looking for a Daddy, in All the Wrong Places, killed our grandfathers... Today, Richard Rohr — a Franciscan friar, author of numerous books on spirituality, and leader of men’s retreats — is fairly well known.

We are the grandsons, we are the sons without fathers. We killed all of our grandfathers in the First World War. We killed all of our fathers in the Second World War. And that’s why we’re filling this church today. – joshua_eleesha

But back in early 80s, he was only starting out on his writing career, having just published his first book about the journey of male initiation.

Looking for a Daddy, in All the Wrong Places, killed our grandfathers...

It thus came as a great surprise to Fr. Rohr to enter a cathedral in Nuremberg, Germany while on a tour for the book, and find the event had attracted a packed house. Men filled the pews from front to back. Start Taking Responsibility for Your Life. Do you ever have moments of terrible realization where you recognize that you’re living on autopilot?

Start Taking Responsibility for Your Life

Instead of feeling like you’re in the driver’s seat, you feel like life is happening to you. You’re just going through the motions, you’ve lost your spark, and the months and years slide by in an indistinct blur. My guest today has been there himself, and has an action plan for how to find your way out. His name is Antonio Neves, and he’s a writer, speaker, and success coach, as well as the author of Stop Living on Autopilot: Take Responsibility for Your Life and Rediscover a Bolder, Happier You. The Life of Lakota Medicine Man Black Elk. When he was nine years old in 1872, Black Elk, a member of the Lakota tribe, had a near-death vision in which he was called to save not only his people but all of humanity.

The Life of Lakota Medicine Man Black Elk

For the rest of his life, Black Elk’s vision haunted and inspired him as he took part in many of the seminal confrontations between the Lakota and the U.S. government, including those at Little Bighorn and Wounded Knee. My guest today is the author of a biography of this native holy man. His name is Joe Jackson and his book is Black Elk: The Life of an American Visionary. We begin our conversation with a background of the Sioux or Lakota Indians, including how the introduction of the horse turned them into formidable hunters and warriors and how their spirituality influenced their warfare.

Joe then introduces us to Black Elk and unfolds the vision that he had as a boy which would lead him to follow in his family’s footsteps by becoming a medicine man and guide him for the rest of his life. Strenuous Life – The New Strenuous Age. Vatican considers sainthood for Black Elk. WebRNS-Black-Elk3 082118.jpg Left: Nicholas Black Elk, left, with daughter Lucy Black Elk and wife, Anna Brings White, photographed in their home in Manderson, S.D., circa 1910.

Vatican considers sainthood for Black Elk

(Courtesy of Denver Public Library/Creative Commons) Right: Black Elk, left, and Elk of the Oglala Lakota as grass dancers touring with the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show, in London, in 1887. (Courtesy of National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution) The Catholic Church could get its second Native American saint if a Vatican research trip to South Dakota this month leads to confirmation of two miracles performed by Nicholas Black Elk, a Lakota Sioux medicine man born in the Civil War era. Fr. Search on SoundCloud - Listen to music. Navigating the Transition From Boyhood to Manhood.

You probably know a young man, or several, who’s struggled to transition from adolescence to adulthood.

Navigating the Transition From Boyhood to Manhood

He’s in his twenties or even thirties, and seems lost and in limbo, unsure of how to create an independent, flourishing life. Maybe you’re this man yourself. My guest today has some ideas on what has gone wrong in these cases and how to break out of the debilitating cycles many young men, whom he calls “emerging men,” find themselves stuck in. His name is Gregory Koufacos and he’s a therapist, addiction counselor, and the author of The Primal Method: A Book for Emerging Men. The Differences Between Boy And Man Psychology. Do you ever have moments when you feel like a boy trapped in a man’s body?

The Differences Between Boy And Man Psychology

We all do at some points in our interactions with others. You find yourself picking a fight over something insignificant. Podcast #696: Theodore Roosevelt, The Last Romantic. Romanticism, not in terms of courtship and bouquets of roses, but as a philosophical approach to life which blossomed in the 19th century, embodies many tenets, including a nostalgia for the past, a heroic view of the world, a firm sense of right and wrong, and the idea that an individual can shape his own destiny, as well as have an outsized impact on the world. It is through this lens of Romanticism, my guest says, that we can best understand one of the most memorable, influential, and legendary figures in American history: Theodore Roosevelt.

His name is H. W. How to raise a boy: my mission to bring up a son fit for the 21st century. My little son has a gang he roots for. All boys, dudes everywhere – they’re his gang. I figured this out, recently, when we sat down to watch the Grand National. Every Man A Warrior, Inc. : Home. Why We Should Celebrate the Masks of Masculinity. Though he’s been called the greatest combat general of modern times, George S. Patton didn’t feel like a natural born leader. In fact, as a boy he was rather sensitive, timid, and mild in disposition, and thought himself deficient in the military virtues. Masculine and Feminine Virtues. Not long ago, Ulysses wrote an interesting post that was inspired by some writings of Edmund Burke and Mary Wollencraft. In responding to that post and thinking more about it, I stumbled across the idea that virtues and the expression thereof, are rarely androgynous.

There are many virtues that definitely are more masculine and many virtues which are unquestionably more feminine in nature. Some virtues are not especially polarized, but vary substantially in their expressions, from one gender to the other.