The Evolution of Maleness: Helping Boys & Men Reconnect to Our Billion-Year-Old Heritage

From Dr. Diamond: As a father of six grown children, seventeen grandchildren, and four great grandchildren, my interest in boys runs deep. Just as males need to understand and feel the connection with our fathers, it is important that we understand our evolutionary legacy as males. As I was doing research for my book, 12 Rules for Good Men, I wondered when did maleness begin? In his book, The Hidden Spirituality of Men, Matthew Fox says, “The universe invented sex and sexuality about one billion years ago.” Our male lineage is ancient. As a father and evolutionary-trained clinician, I will help us understand the biological basis of being male and importance of our male lineage in helping boys grow up to become healthy, caring, and mature men.   

Dr. Jed Diamond is one of the world’s leading experts in the field of Gender-Specific Medicine and Men’s Health. He holds a PhD in International Health and is the author of seventeen books, including, The Irritable Male Syndrome: Understanding and Managing the 4 Key Causes of Depression and Aggression, My Distant Dad: Healing the Family Father Wound, and Long Live Men! The Moonshot Mission to Heal Men, Close the Lifespan Gap, and Offer Hope to Humanity. He is a licensed psychotherapist and has been working as a clinician for more than fifty years. In 1972 he launched MenAlive.com as his window to the world.