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Mark Sherman Ph.D.

About

Mark Sherman is a professor emeritus of psychology at the State University of New York at New Paltz. After receiving his Ph.D. in psychology at Harvard (where one of his teachers was B.F. Skinner), he taught for 25 years at SUNY New Paltz, soon specializing in gender studies. He co-authored Afterplay, (Stein & Day; paperback by Pocket Books), the first major book on this important part of the human sexual experience. He then turned to male/female communication, co-authoring an important Psychology Today article "Man-to-Man, Woman-to-Woman."

Ultimately, Sherman's main interest shifted to the modern gender gap, especially in schools, where boys and young men are lagging well behind their sisters in kindergarten through graduate school.

Sherman is a member of a multi-partisan group for the establishment of a White House Council on Boys and Men (http://whitehouseboysmen.org/blog/). He has also been editor of Boys and Young Men: Attention Must Be Paid (Promoting Achievement Among Boys and Young Men), a blog sponsored by the Boys Initiative, a non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C (http://theboysinitiative.wordpress.com).

Throughout his life, first-person writing and especially humor have been nearly as important to him as his serious work in psychology. He retired from teaching early to pursue his other writing. For more than three decades, he has written a very popular, bi-weekly humor column in the New Paltz Times, where he often writes about gender and relationships in a light-hearted, enlightening way.

Mark Sherman's PT blog is Real Men Don't Write Blogs.

Recent Posts
Why Can't Boys Be Boys?
Boys should not be shamed for showing an interest in “girly” things, nor should they be shamed for traditional gender preferences and behaviors either.
Boys Are In Trouble
Many boys are not reaching their full potential in school, leading, among other things, to a large gender gap in college enrollment.

Intersectionality and the Tragedy of the Black Male

American feminism has, unfortunately, often had the unintended consequence of perpetuating racism -- particularly as it affects black boys and men.

American feminism has, unfortunately, often had the unintended consequence of perpetuating racism -- particularly as it affects black boys and men.

Left Wing Intolerance on Campus Is Meeting Its Match

I see Jonathan Haidt and the Heterodox Academy as part of a growing movement both on campus and elsewhere toward more acceptance of dissent from liberal orthodoxy.

I see Jonathan Haidt and the Heterodox Academy as part of a growing movement both on campus and elsewhere toward more acceptance of dissent from liberal orthodoxy.

Loving Pale Males

A moment in 1993 galvanized me. It led to me write the following piece which, while it concentrated on white males, was really about issues facing boys (and men) in general.

A moment in 1993 galvanized me. It led to me write the following piece which, while it concentrated on white males, was really about issues facing boys (and men) in general.

You Don't Hit Girls

Men should never ever hit women, but women’s anger directed at men is helping me overcome years of verbal deference.

Men should never ever hit women, but women’s anger directed at men is helping me overcome years of verbal deference.

Solving the Pronoun Problem

To lighten things up a little, let's consider a solution to the pronoun problem that is simple, completely balanced, and non-sexist.

To lighten things up a little, let's consider a solution to the pronoun problem that is simple, completely balanced, and non-sexist.

Attention Must Be Paid: Warren Farrell and the Boy Crisis

Warren Farrell's overwhelming concern, and one absolutely captured in The Boy Crisis, is the best interests of the children.

Warren Farrell's overwhelming concern, and one absolutely captured in The Boy Crisis, is the best interests of the children.