A new US book entitled The Decline of Men - How the American Male Is Tuning Out, Giving Up, and Flipping Off His Future by Guy Garcia (link) was published late last year.
He is described by Wikipedia (link) as an award-winning journalist, novelist, and multimedia entrepreneur, specialising in multi-cultural consumerism and socio-economic trends. The book is described by publisher Harper Collins (link) as "an eye-opening exploration of contemporary American manhood, The Decline of Men shows how men are struggling to redefine what being a man means in today's world. Their confusion has led to rampant male malaise, which has left many men feeling alienated and disconnected."
The ever excellent Amanda Platell is one of Britain's leading opponents of our anti-male society and in a brilliant article (Daily Mail) she "disagree(s) with Garcia when he says 'men aren't giving up - they're being run over because they're lazy and can't multi-task'". She says that "The feminists view the current state of play in the war of the sexes as a great victory - they feel it proves they were right and that women were smarter than men all along."
Her article gives examples such as if fewer girls were going to university, there would be an outcry, but because fewer boys go to university now, no-one cares. Well, we do have the most anti-male Government in the history of the UK!
Her article follows on a previous first class piece (link) about Kathleen Parker's "Save the Males". Compare Platell to the usual nonsense in The Independent from Sophie Morris (link).
These books are great for raising the issues and effects of the anti-male society we live in but we could do with a British equivalent.
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