Perspective Media | August / September 2023 | The making of a man

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August / September 2023

Issue

The making of a man

The importance of good paternal role models in young men’s lives

Letter from the editors

The silent struggle

Disadvantages in education can be more nuanced than just race and gender

Fuckboys have feelings too

Attachment issues can disguise hidden trauma

Toxic in the extreme

India’s women still face a widespread culture of lethal misogyny

People

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THE INTERVIEW

Rob Henderson

Online influencer Rob Henderson is the academic and psychologist framing a conservative future for disaffected young men talks to Fred Skulthorp

“Women aren’t going to be happy if men are dropping out”

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REPUTATIONS

Ted Kaczynski

The murderer and Unabomber who was surprisingly prescient about the threat of technology to the planet

He moved into a 10ft x 12ft cabin he’d built himself in a remote corner of Montana, with two chairs, a bed, no running water and no electricity

The Surveys

Featured Survey

Are we on the brink of WWIII?

Russia ramps up the threat of nuclear conflict

Do you think the UK should send troops to Ukraine should it become necessary?

Yes35%

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No59%

59%

Don’t know6%

6%

Cartoon cover-up is no joke

Ministers face cruelty claims

Railway bingo arrives at kiosks

Proposed ticket office closures impact the vulnerable

Spoilsports or realists?

Oil protesters target summer games

Footpaths under new threat

Government changes direction again

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Ben Okri

The recently knighted novelist, essayist, playwright, poet and Booker Prize winner discusses climate change and his new book Tiger Work with Fiona Sturges

“Climate change is the most important crisis to face us within the memory of human consciousness”

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“Climate change is the most important crisis to face us within the memory of human consciousness”

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Maths teacher, author and TV broadcaster

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Meme Pop

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Bobby Seagull

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