Men's Groups

Excerpt from Fatherless Sons - pages 163 - 164.

A men's group - a bunch of wimps crying on each other's shoulders; broken-arse men who can't get their act together and handle life on their own?

Forget the stereotypes that come to mind when you hear the words "men's group". They come from ideas thrown up by the media that merely defend men's isolation. It's part of the training that says, "be a man" and squash anything sissy or unmanly in yourself by ridiculing it in others. But the reality of committing to a well-functioning men's group is very different.

"Alienation is one of the faces of modernity. The cure is communication and community - a new sense of togetherness. By opening up to each other, we diminish the pressure of being alone and exiled."
- Malidoma Soma