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    The Male Ego

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    Prologue: WHY FOCUS ON “TOXIC MASCULINITY?”

    Prologue: WHY FOCUS ON “TOXIC MASCULINITY?”

    The Love and Power Institute posits a few fundamental ideas about the crisis threatening our sustainability as a species today: that overpopulation and unprecedented technological capabilities have led us to destabilize and despoil the earth until very drastic measures will

    Norman Brown June 14, 2020August 9, 2020 Emotions, The Male Ego No Comments Read more

    Toxic Masculinity 1: Introduction

    by Norman M. Brown Ph.D. | Toxic Masculinity has become a polarizing cliché since the early 2000s. Men who don’t understand what it means are outraged., Women who don’t understand it either can feel vindicated in disliking men as well

    Love & Power Institute February 5, 2020March 15, 2020 The Male Ego No Comments Read more

    Toxic Masculinity 2: Cross-cultural Types of Emotional Dynamics

    by Norman M. Brown Ph.D. | As Cultural Anthropology was emerging from the ethnocentrism of Western colonialism pioneering emotions theorist SilvanTomkins challenged the widespread Euroamerican Social Darwinist belief in white (and male) supremacy with cross-cultural evidence pointing to a dichotomy

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    Toxic Masculinity 3: American Culture is Unusually Warlike

    by Norman M. Brown Ph.D. | Let’s consider the proposition that American culture is one of these warlike cultures in which men expect to dominate. Men consider women to be less capable than them and also likely to feel emotions

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    Toxic Masculinity 4: American Gendered Emotional Management

    by Norman M. Brown Ph.D. | Excitement and risk-taking are highly valued in America where the American rags-to-riches myth emphasizes big-risk entrepreneurship and ruthless business competition to make it to the top. We have explored in Joy Blog #5 some

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    Toxic Masculinity 5: Men Handle Love Emotions Less Consciously

    by Norman M. Brown Ph.D. | The last central emotional issue between men and women we’ll take up is the most precious in personal life, love. Love is not included among the nine inborn emotions because it arises from several

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    Toxic Masculinity 6: Central Problems in Our Love

    by Norman M. Brown Ph.D. | But here is where the emotional problems between men and women are so clear and easy to understand. Boys learn to stop themselves from crying with a few terribly shaming experiences in the early

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    Approval Seeking & The Male Ego: A Woman’s Perspective

    Approval Seeking & The Male Ego: A Woman’s Perspective

    by Marsha Hudson, Ph.D. | How often have you been in a social situation when a man is speaking and found yourself exchanging knowing, humorous looks with a woman friend as if to say, “There’s that male ego!”? What is

    loveandpowerinstituteorg August 27, 2019February 4, 2020 The Male Ego No Comments Read more

    The Emotional Origins of the Male Ego, and How it Functions in Heterosexual Attraction

    The Emotional Origins of the Male Ego, and How it Functions in Heterosexual Attraction

    by Norman M. Brown, PhD | One way to conceive of the male ego is as a shield which each man carries with him on the road of life, in order to cope with the myriad challenges he might encounter.

    Love & Power Institute August 13, 2019February 4, 2020 The Male Ego No Comments Read more

    Recent Posts

    • 3. Shame’s Role in Character Building and Conflict. Avoidance and Attack-Other.

      3. Shame’s Role in Character Building and Conflict. Avoidance and Attack-Other.

      January 12, 2021
      By Norman M. Brown, Ph.D. This the third in the series, Shame is Especially Useful. …Read more
    • 2. Undoing the Damage of Shame. Withdrawal and Attack-Self.

      2. Undoing the Damage of Shame. Withdrawal and Attack-Self.

      January 12, 2021
      By Norman M. Brown, Ph.D. Before attempting this novel approach to shame, please read my …Read more
    • All Emotions are Beneficial. Shame is Especially Useful.

      All Emotions are Beneficial. Shame is Especially Useful.

      January 11, 2021
      Shame is Inborn Darwin taught that all inborn emotions are designed to promote the survival …Read more
    • 7. Women’s Developmental Advantage through Shame: What about Men?

      7. Women’s Developmental Advantage through Shame: What about Men?

      November 3, 2020
      We have presented a case for women’s development of managerial competence in the business world …Read more
    • 6. Women and Shame: Insecurity or Energy for Improvement at Work?

      6. Women and Shame: Insecurity or Energy for Improvement at Work?

      November 3, 2020
      As a personal therapist I often hear from women in all walks of life that …Read more
    • 5. Further Shame Research, from Toddlers to Computers and Adults

      5. Further Shame Research, from Toddlers to Computers and Adults

      November 3, 2020
      A videotape study of toddlers (1.5-3 years old) at play in a New York preschool1 …Read more

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    • 3. Shame’s Role in Character Building and Conflict. Avoidance and Attack-Other.

      3. Shame’s Role in Character Building and Conflict. Avoidance and Attack-Other.

      January 12, 2021
      By Norman M. Brown, Ph.D. This the third in the …Read More »
    • 2. Undoing the Damage of Shame. Withdrawal and Attack-Self.

      2. Undoing the Damage of Shame. Withdrawal and Attack-Self.

      January 12, 2021
      By Norman M. Brown, Ph.D. Before attempting this novel approach …Read More »
    • All Emotions are Beneficial. Shame is Especially Useful.

      All Emotions are Beneficial. Shame is Especially Useful.

      January 11, 2021
      Shame is Inborn Darwin taught that all inborn emotions are …Read More »
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