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One in 30 will experience it, but few people want to talk about bowel incontinence

For young Australians, living with bowel incontinence can come with shame and isolation. But it doesn’t have to be that way.

  • Lauren Ironmonger

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 Vaccination rates fall.

‘Really urgent’: Teen vaccine rates tumble, leaving cancer elimination in doubt

Australia’s ambitious goal to eliminate cervical cancer by 2035 is under threat amid a worrying decline in HPV vaccinations across the country.

  • Melissa Cunningham
Elijah Hollands found himself at the centre of a media storm after suffering a mental health episode during a game.

How Elijah Hollands’ health battle inspired a wave of young men to open up

It’s been one month since the young Blues on-field mental health episode, with amateur players around the country now showing their solidarity by opening up about their own private battles.

  • Bridget McArthur
When boys and young men aren’t finding meaningful connection with other men, it leaves a space for negative forces, like the manosphere.

As manosphere moral panic mounts, we’ve failed to ask this uncomfortable question

We looked at thousands of the videos that young men are actually watching and developed a world-first analysis. We pinpointed how men get sucked in to worrying content.

  • Zac Seidler

How male sex toys became the last bedroom taboo

In the past decade, women’s sex toys have become couched in the language of empowerment, wellness and self-care. So why haven’t toys for straight men undergone the same rebrand?

  • Lauren Ironmonger
Harry on stage during a Q&A session at the Western Bulldogs HQ.

‘Am I gonna be enough?’ Harry opens up about struggles of fatherhood

On the second day of his Australian tour, the Duke of Sussex also shared how his relationship with his father, King Charles, informed his approach to parenting.

  • Lauren Ironmonger
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Clavicular, real name Braden Peters.

Body dysmorphia used to be a secret shame. Now male influencers are using it to get rich

The looksmaxxing trend – where young men aspire to improve their physical appearance by any means necessary, including hitting their faces with a hammer – is taking hold of young men.

  • Katy Hall
Increasing instances of bullying and intimidation in schools has coincided with falling teacher confidence in managing poor behaviours.

I approached a woman in a pub. It was a vital step toward becoming a good man

A generation of young men are being drawn toward voices that promise power, certainty and identity. Schools can’t keep looking the other way.

  • Adam Voigt
Menindee sheep farmer Brendan Cullen at Freshwater ocean baths. He recently swam the
English channel to raise awareness of mental health and has written an autobiography, The Desert Swimmer.

How to train for an ocean swim when you live 600km from the beach

It took 25 years for Brendan Cullen to seek help for anxiety and depression. Now he has written a book about his recovery and what it takes to swim the English Channel.

  • Julie Power
Wayne Earle is keen to speak out about his experience with penile cancer to help others navigating the disease.

‘I didn’t see myself as a man any more’: The silent rise of this rare and stigmatised cancer

Australia has experienced a more than doubling of penile cancer cases over the last two decades and it’s puzzling health experts.

  • Henrietta Cook