: About Me

Tim Baehr has been a writer for nearly 40 years and has been writing on topics of interest to men for the past five years (at http://menletter.org). He is a father of three and grandfather of two - all men and boys. Topics include men's health, spirituality, relationships, mentoring, and more.

Baehr is retired and living in Portland, Maine.

My passion is ...

...the essay as a form of poetry.

I know too much about ...

...lots of trivial things

My childhood ambition ...

...was to be a writer

Why I write ...

...to find insight and amusement in various skirmishes in the Gender Wars.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Daniel Quinn's books

My first job ...

...was delivering newspapers

My inspiration ...

Jalaludin Rumi, 14th-century mystic and poet

Health & Fitness > Health Risks Factors affecting men's health

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Six for Six: The Six-Year Longevity Gap and Six Steps to Close It - Remember when feminists were wearing a button that said "59 cents"? This was supposedly the amount women in the workforce made for each dollar a man made. On the basis of equal pay for equal work and qualifications, the gap was actually much smaller - and is almost zero today. There's another gap we should be concerned about: the approximately six-year gap between women's and men's longevity. That's right: on average we guys will die 5.5 years - about 7% earlier - than our female counterparts. (If you're a black male, the ...

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