Made for Men – Who is Made for Men for

Who is for?

website’s target population are adolescent, youth, adult and mature men who aspire towards personal growth and development.

is a male-sensitive model of working with the emotions of men across the South African spectrum. Men who are interested in personal growth and development, healing and transformation may benefit from the services and resources of .

Some of the concerns that have been dealt with by include:

Identity Concerns	Personal control issues	Meaning/Existential conflicts	Historical issues
Low self-esteem and feelings of shame	Addictions (substance, sexual, monetary)	Work and professional related meaning crisis	Unresolved attachment issues with caregivers
Lack of self-confidence	Impulsivity, obsessions	Lack of meaning in life	Physical, emotional and sexual abuse by parents and family members
Career/professional identity	Inability to express or extreme expressions of emotion, self-loathing and self-harm	Religious /ideological conflict/abuse	Childhood abandonment and rejection
Manhood, not feeling man enough, self-doubts about masculinity	Extremities of mood: depression, anxiety	Concerns about lack of love and belief beyond oneself (spirit and soul emptiness)	Father-son and mother son issues
Gender and sexual identity concerns, unwanted same-sex attraction	Anger, aggression and urgent recurrent fantasies of violating others. These may include domestic violence, rape fantasies, and thoughts of violating women and children	Quest to cultivate a practical spirituality: courage, humility, mindfulness	Family betrayal and other familial concerns

is a platform:

For men’s narratives about diverse personal issues pertinent to being a man in the world with self and others (leisure, work, career, family, personal transformation, etc.)
For the promotion of non-erotic male to male attachments, bonding and networking
On which to explore manhood concerns
To promote men’s efforts to become better men
For improved male self-awareness
To explore male psycho-social concerns
To promote, personal growth, self-transformation, and positive behavior change consistent with the male-code relevant to a particular man.
site is also linked to a Facebook page, click here as well as the blog page African men and Masculinities hosted by professor Kopano Ratele, a masculinity specialist https://newafricanmen.wordpress.com/tag/kopano-ratele/. To communicate with us please call or send an email.