The Middle Men (UK TV Documentary)

The Middle Men

Wednesday 30 May, 10:00pm

The concept of ‘middle age’ is changing as recent generations are living longer and healthier lives. Men in the 21st Century are entering their ‘second adulthoods’ in radically different ways than their fathers. Yet new social changes – feminism, an uncertain economy, and a reported sense of ‘confusion’ among men and their roles in today’s society – mean new challenges.

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Hair loss and self-esteem

Approximately 60% of Australian men will suffer significant hair loss by the age of 50, and 80% of men will experience hair loss in their lifetime. For many men, hair loss has a detrimental effect on their self-esteem, leading to issues in aspects of daily life – from work to love and relationships.

Almost every human culture, religion and age has portrayed hair as a symbol of strength, virility and power. To this day, we are bombarded with glossy magazine photos and television images of desirable men with healthy, shiny and thick hair. We live with the perception that balding men are somehow weaker and should not be taken seriously.

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Mindful Men: 4 week meditation and mindfulness course for men

What: 4 week meditation and mindfulness course for men.
When: Monday Evenings in February (6th, 13th, 20th and 27th) at 7pm.
Where: Tasmen - The McDougal Building, 90 Davey Street, Hobart
Cost: $60 ($40 Concession).

This experiential course will explore mindfulness in the lives of men through the instruction of meditation and movement as well as through discussion and the sharing of our experiences. Men have profound capacities for tenderness, intimacy and care as well as strength, creativity and inspiration. Not often finding the support needed for such inner qualities to arise the intention of this course is to create a safe space for men to deepen their self-understanding while developing mindful awareness in both meditation and relationship to others.

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How are mood, stress and our sex lives related?

You’re feeling down or chronically stressed. Is your sex life suffering the consequences? Low mood, stress and our (waning) sex lives often are closely related, right? Maybe not for men; recent research has found that depression and anxiety symptoms may only be related to sexual difficulties for women. These intriguing results have sparked the interest of researchers at Macquarie University, who are now trying to get to the bottom of these complex and under-researched relationships.

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Men's Groups in Tasmania

Many men have enquired about the whereabouts and contacts for various Men's Groups around Tasmania.  To this end TASMEN has collected a number of groups that have agreed to be put on the site with their information. These groups are independently organised and conducted and any requests for more information must be directed to the particular group identified in the listing.