http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/lincoln-archer/ Lincoln Archer is news.com.au’s Creative Editor, but would rather be a hard-running halfback for the Essendon Football Club. His team produces the site’s interactives, features and video content. Recently he began making ice-cream for colleagues in a desperate attempt to be more popular. The Punch team would like to go on the record as saying this initiative has worked spectacularly well, even though we liked the guy already. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/learning-to-be-a-dads-the-same-as-learning-to-be-a-man/ There are 17 strangers in a training room. Over the course of eight hours, they’re repeatedly divided up by gender to brainstorm. At one point, the trainer makes a joke about turning testicles into a purse. It gets a laugh. This is a parenting class I attended recently. Eight couples with nothing in common except their pregnancy and an assumption that it’s apparently OK to joke about castration.  Over at news.com.au, we’ve been looking at male identity in a post-GFC jobs market and a post-post-feminist household.  We have found traditional “male” jobs in decline and what one expert called a “sex-segregated workforce” taking its toll on Aussie men. We have also found an increasing number of men seeking help through mental health services and therapy sessions. But in a way, that’s the good news – at least men are finally prepared to talk. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Lincoln Archer) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/learning-to-be-a-dads-the-same-as-learning-to-be-a-man/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/learning-to-be-a-dads-the-same-as-learning-to-be-a-man/#item7066 Thu, 03 Nov 2011 01:59:59 +0000 Lincoln Archer | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/festival-of-obvious-ideas-5-be-nice-to-your-workers/ Hear us. Trust us. Reward us. That’s the simple plea from white collar Australia in response to a simple question: How would you get your workplace working better? Over at news.com.au we’ve been running what we somewhat exuberantly called the New Work Project survey. In the few weeks it’s been running, we’ve received 25,000 submissions from all corners of the country and in all walks of life. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Lincoln Archer) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/festival-of-obvious-ideas-5-be-nice-to-your-workers/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/festival-of-obvious-ideas-5-be-nice-to-your-workers/#item6955 Tue, 18 Oct 2011 20:00:06 +0000 Lincoln Archer | Author bios | The Punch