Introduction
1: How Do We Understand Men's Friendships?
2: What Do Friendship and Friend Mean?
3: So How Do Friendships Actually Work?
4: What Do Men Learn From their Fathers About Friendships?
Part II. Understanding Women's Friendships
5: Do Women Influence Men's Friendships?
6: Do Women Feel the Same Way About Friends As Do Men?
Part III. Men's Friendships across the Decades
7: Marty in His 20s: Needing Friends and Family
8: Zach in His 30s: Balancing Family, Friends, and Work
9: Al in His 40s: Continuing the Balancing Act
10: Mick in His 50s: Needing Friends More Than Ever
11: Michael in His 60s: Friendships Shaped by Early Experiences
12: Donald in His 70s: Going Strong
13: Tom in His 80s: Realizing All His Friends Are Gone
14: Fred in His 90s: Thinking Maybe It's in the Genes
Part Iv. Making and Maintaining Friendships
15: Men's Fellowship at a Saturday Morning Church Group
16: Improving Your Friendships
Appendix A: Methodology
Appendix B: Questions for Men's Groups and Classroom Discussion
References
Geoffrey Greif is a Professor in the School of Social Welfare at the University of Maryland.
"[Greif] has written a wonderfully textured exploration of the
diversity of men's friendships through the lifespan...Highly
recommended."--Choice
"Greif has taken interviews with 400 men about their friendships,
and comes to the conclusion that while, yes, there are differences,
a man's friendships can be as deep and lasting as a woman's, and
those strong relationships help men have longer and happier
lives."--Sacramento Book Review
"Fascinating. Most research simply compares men's and women's
friendships and finds men's lacking. Through his adept interviews,
Greif does something smarter: he finds out what friendships
actually mean to men. He listens to what they say, maps their
friendships, and sees them from men's point of view. This is a very
useful and timely book!"--Michael Kimmel, PhD, Professor of
Sociology, SUNY Stony Brook, and author of Manhood in America
"Any man who would like to enlarge the place of friendship in his
life will savor this book. It's not that Greif tells us how,
specifically, to do it. (We do want to retain some room for our own
unique innovations.) It's that he teaches us the kinds of questions
to ask ourselves, and then he tells us how other thoughtful men and
women view relationships of all kinds. We each have to find our own
path to friendship, but this book lights the way."--Terry A.
Kupers, MD, MSP, Psychiatrist and author of Revisioning Men's Lives
and Prison Madness
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