On the eve of International Men’s Day (November 19th), we take a look at government statistics showing the proportion of men and women represented in various careers in Germany.
Psychological problems among German men are under-estimated, under-diagnosed and under-treated, a new study suggested. More needs to be done to aid male mental health, said the authors.
German men seem to be learning how to manoeuvre supermarket trolleys - and although women still do more shopping than their menfolk, the gap is shrinking, new data shows.
Family Minister Kristina Schröder hosted an international conference on men’s issues this week, to discuss how to help men get jobs in careers traditionally dominated by women. Do we need a men's rights movement? <b>Have your say</b>
As Germany expands daycare provision for the nation’s children, one thing that is missing from the picture, all too often, are male teachers. <b>Kate Hairsine</b> tracked down some of the country’s rare male child care professionals.
The number of German men getting cosmetic surgery has more than doubled over the past five years, making one in every five patients male, the German association for aesthetic surgery (GÄCD) said on Thursday.
Germans aren't known for being particularly shy about nudity, but a new survey confirms what many people have unwillingly witnessed during the recent heat wave - scantily clad men proudly putting their bulging beer bellies on display in public.
Berlin’s Charité Hospital on Wednesday told The Local it has distanced itself from a medical student who claimed earlier this week that one of its institutes had developed an organic alternative to Viagra.
Researchers at Berlin’s Charité Hospital have developed an organic alternative to the male potency drug Viagra, made entirely from plant extracts. “Plantagrar” should sprout onto the market in spring of 2010.
German women earn almost one-quarter less than men, placing the country well above average in European Union gender inequality statistics, daily <i>Die Welt</i> reported on Monday.
Not put off by the bad luck omens, 60 German singles gathered on Friday the 13th on platform 13 in Berlin's Potsdamer Platz station for a Valentine's Eve speed-dating party with a difference, AFP's Richard Carter reports.
German men are more romantic and say "I love you" more often than their female counterparts, according to a poll released by <i>Reader’s Digest</i> on Tuesday.
Snoring keeping you up at night? Perhaps not entirely. Scientists from the German Sleep Society have discovered a connection between snoring and erectile dysfunction.
Career, computers and mobile phones all demand so much energy from men that there is almost nothing left for sex by the time they are 40, according to a study conducted by the University Clinic Hamburg. The results show that Germen men have only one third as much energy for sex today as they did in the 1970s.
