By: Shane James O’Neill What are you passionate about? If I asked you to name one thing you’re passionate about, could you? Maybe it’s something you do right now. Maybe it’s something you’ve already found. Or maybe it’s a dream; a hope that is pulling you forward in life. ‘Passionate’. That’s a buzz word,…
Category: Culture
Dating 100 People — A Parody on Western Date Culture
By: Shane James O’Neill Would it help you to know that porn is physiologically damaging and that you’re designed for one person? Let’s play this out and see if a little satire can give clarity. Nurture vs nature When it comes to dating, the West has definitely made the right decision by putting all…
Why Is Marriage Between One Man And One Woman?
By: Kyle Thorp Protect, not Oppress While I was growing up, there was a piece of paper taped to a wall in my house. On that paper was a simple drawing: A circle with a dot just outside of it and an arrow pointing to the middle of the circle. My parents explained to…
Marriage — More Than A Fairy Tale
By: Kyle Thorp Love in the Movies Actress Scarlett Johansson, in an interview talking about her second divorce, said, “I don’t think it’s natural to be a monogamous person. I might be skewered for that, but I think it’s work. It’s a lot of work. The fact of that proves that it is not…
Dating a Recovering Porn Addict
By: Lexie Smith How We Met Dating in today’s world is tough. Especially when you graduated with a degree in psychology and did a bunch of research on how porn affects the brain. Add that with a decade of sexual abuse as a child and it’s a miracle I would even consider dating at…
De-Constructing Sex-Bots
By: Shane James O’Neill Disclaimer: In this post Proven Men references articles and films for the sake of critique, not recommendation. The referenced material does contain explicit content. LOOKING CLOSELY The creation of Sex-Bots is a big conversational piece lately; in news rooms and living rooms, alike. But let’s take a minute to actually look into this…
Sex Bots: Cheating God’s Design
By: Jane Claudio Basics from the Playground Cheaters never win. This is something that we learned early, something we chanted from the playground. If you’re not playing by the rules of the game, you might be able to finagle your way into ending with the most points, but ending the game with the most…
Cultural Conversations on Sexuality
By: Shane O’Neill ProvenMen likes to keep you up to date on the cultural conversations about porn, sexuality, gender and how these topics are being addressed. Below is a list and description of recent resources from various social outlets. Podcast Premier Christian Radio: UNBELIEVABLE For this podcast, Unbelievable brings in Matt Fradd. Matt Fradd has recently released…
Are You Creating Altars or Idols?
By: Shane James O’Neill This is an introduction to a topic that ProvenMen will regularly be addressing. Here at ProvenMen our values include the need for structured affirmation (aka ceremony). Men are addicted to porn because we don’t have settings for fathers to tell and show their sons how they are men, our friends are trapped in lust…
Following Jesus But Living Like Hell
By: Shane James O’Neill Matthew 5:22-24 The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!…