I think the title of my blog and the heading of this first entry are pretty well self-explanatory. I intend it to be an atidote to the prevailing "wisdom" of today when everything on TV, radio, and in newspapers and magazines has to be presented from "the woman's point of view". On the very rare occasions when the man's view is put forward, there always seems to be a woman on hand to put the woman's point of view as well. Not so when the positions are reversed.

This situation showed up yesterday in a glaring manner on a UK ITV channel programme dealing with news items. The subject in question was "self harm". Then the discussion moved on to consider why it is so common "among women" and from that moment on, men didn't get a look in.

Two doctors were on hand to discuss the matter and they were most concerned that this behaviour might even lead to suicide, but no one thought to mention that four times as many men commit suicide as women. Instead they dealt with all those women who "attempt suicide". It seems that this is another area where women trail badly behind men as far as success is concerned. Of course, perhaps they don't try too hard.

The late Princess Diana was reputed to have tried to commit suicide four times. It struck me at the time that, if you can't get it right in three goes, why bother?

Although this blog is primarily meant for men, there is nothing to stop women reading it. It might be refreshing for them to read the man's point of view, something they rarely come across in the media.

Comments will be welcome as will ideas for future blogs.