false 200884 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172633497m/200884.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172633497s/200884.jpg Backlash, has done it again with an exhaustive report on the betrayals felt by working men throughout the United States. American men are angry and discontented, she argues in Stiffed, because their sense of what it is to be a man has been destroyed by everything from corporate downsizing and the shrinking military of the post cold war era to the increase in local sports teams leaving town. Whether she's interviewing the teenage male members of Southern California's infamous Spur Posse (who collected "points" for every female they had sex with), Cleveland football fans shaken by the departure of the Browns football team, militia movement activists, or Sylvester Stallone, Faludi seems stuck on the idea that American men today are man-boys, unable to completely grow up because they never received the nurturing they needed, and now constantly disappointed by life. Yet while many of the men Faludi interviews have real problems--bad luck and sad, troubled lives--somehow Stiffed still seems a bit whiny. Faludi's "travels through a postwar male realm" are a fascinating slice of male American life "under siege" at the end of the 20th century, even if she does finally leave us like the men she talked to--still wondering just what went wrong. --Linda Killian ]]> 200884 6 969699 1999 Stiffed: The Betrayal of the American Man total:253|5:58|4:107|3:65|2:17|1:6| 253 953 436 38 117182 3.90 1395 206 41862326 1863604 200884 0380720450 9780380720453 33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172633497m/200884.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172633497s/200884.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/200884.Stiffed_The_Betrayal_of_the_American_Man 3.81 231 Backlash, has done it again with an exhaustive report on the betrayals felt by working men throughout the United States. American men are angry and discontented, she argues in Stiffed, because their sense of what it is to be a man has been destroyed by everything from corporate downsizing and the shrinking military of the post cold war era to the increase in local sports teams leaving town. Whether she's interviewing the teenage male members of Southern California's infamous Spur Posse (who collected "points" for every female they had sex with), Cleveland football fans shaken by the departure of the Browns football team, militia movement activists, or Sylvester Stallone, Faludi seems stuck on the idea that American men today are man-boys, unable to completely grow up because they never received the nurturing they needed, and now constantly disappointed by life. Yet while many of the men Faludi interviews have real problems--bad luck and sad, troubled lives--somehow Stiffed still seems a bit whiny. Faludi's "travels through a postwar male realm" are a fascinating slice of male American life "under siege" at the end of the 20th century, even if she does finally leave us like the men she talked to--still wondering just what went wrong. --Linda Killian ]]> 1999 4 0 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sun Jan 04 13:12:46 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 15:50:58 -0800 2009 more...]]> 13400418 780655 200884 0380720450 9780380720453 33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172633497m/200884.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172633497s/200884.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/200884.Stiffed_The_Betrayal_of_the_American_Man 3.77 253 Backlash, has done it again with an exhaustive report on the betrayals felt by working men throughout the United States. American men are angry and discontented, she argues in Stiffed, because their sense of what it is to be a man has been destroyed by everything from corporate downsizing and the shrinking military of the post cold war era to the increase in local sports teams leaving town. Whether she's interviewing the teenage male members of Southern California's infamous Spur Posse (who collected "points" for every female they had sex with), Cleveland football fans shaken by the departure of the Browns football team, militia movement activists, or Sylvester Stallone, Faludi seems stuck on the idea that American men today are man-boys, unable to completely grow up because they never received the nurturing they needed, and now constantly disappointed by life. Yet while many of the men Faludi interviews have real problems--bad luck and sad, troubled lives--somehow Stiffed still seems a bit whiny. Faludi's "travels through a postwar male realm" are a fascinating slice of male American life "under siege" at the end of the 20th century, even if she does finally leave us like the men she talked to--still wondering just what went wrong. --Linda Killian ]]> 1999 5 0 false Thu Jan 31 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 24 10:09:26 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 31 14:09:03 -0800 2008
This is a great book for any feminist or minority activist who is inclined to lay the entire burden of...more...]]> 26308422 1184614 200884 0380720450 9780380720453 33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172633497m/200884.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172633497s/200884.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/200884.Stiffed_The_Betrayal_of_the_American_Man 3.77 253 Backlash, has done it again with an exhaustive report on the betrayals felt by working men throughout the United States. American men are angry and discontented, she argues in Stiffed, because their sense of what it is to be a man has been destroyed by everything from corporate downsizing and the shrinking military of the post cold war era to the increase in local sports teams leaving town. Whether she's interviewing the teenage male members of Southern California's infamous Spur Posse (who collected "points" for every female they had sex with), Cleveland football fans shaken by the departure of the Browns football team, militia movement activists, or Sylvester Stallone, Faludi seems stuck on the idea that American men today are man-boys, unable to completely grow up because they never received the nurturing they needed, and now constantly disappointed by life. Yet while many of the men Faludi interviews have real problems--bad luck and sad, troubled lives--somehow Stiffed still seems a bit whiny. Faludi's "travels through a postwar male realm" are a fascinating slice of male American life "under siege" at the end of the 20th century, even if she does finally leave us like the men she talked to--still wondering just what went wrong. --Linda Killian ]]> 1999 5 0 false Fri Jul 04 12:39:14 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 04 13:16:19 -0700 2008 more...]]> 80931991 3040363 200884 0380720450 9780380720453 33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172633497m/200884.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172633497s/200884.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/200884.Stiffed_The_Betrayal_of_the_American_Man 3.77 253 Backlash, has done it again with an exhaustive report on the betrayals felt by working men throughout the United States. American men are angry and discontented, she argues in Stiffed, because their sense of what it is to be a man has been destroyed by everything from corporate downsizing and the shrinking military of the post cold war era to the increase in local sports teams leaving town. Whether she's interviewing the teenage male members of Southern California's infamous Spur Posse (who collected "points" for every female they had sex with), Cleveland football fans shaken by the departure of the Browns football team, militia movement activists, or Sylvester Stallone, Faludi seems stuck on the idea that American men today are man-boys, unable to completely grow up because they never received the nurturing they needed, and now constantly disappointed by life. Yet while many of the men Faludi interviews have real problems--bad luck and sad, troubled lives--somehow Stiffed still seems a bit whiny. Faludi's "travels through a postwar male realm" are a fascinating slice of male American life "under siege" at the end of the 20th century, even if she does finally leave us like the men she talked to--still wondering just what went wrong. --Linda Killian ]]> 1999 5 0 false Sun Dec 13 21:52:50 -0800 2009 Sun Dec 13 21:57:05 -0800 2009 more...]]> 55000813 63549 200884 0380720450 9780380720453 33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172633497m/200884.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172633497s/200884.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/200884.Stiffed_The_Betrayal_of_the_American_Man 3.77 253 Backlash, has done it again with an exhaustive report on the betrayals felt by working men throughout the United States. American men are angry and discontented, she argues in Stiffed, because their sense of what it is to be a man has been destroyed by everything from corporate downsizing and the shrinking military of the post cold war era to the increase in local sports teams leaving town. Whether she's interviewing the teenage male members of Southern California's infamous Spur Posse (who collected "points" for every female they had sex with), Cleveland football fans shaken by the departure of the Browns football team, militia movement activists, or Sylvester Stallone, Faludi seems stuck on the idea that American men today are man-boys, unable to completely grow up because they never received the nurturing they needed, and now constantly disappointed by life. Yet while many of the men Faludi interviews have real problems--bad luck and sad, troubled lives--somehow Stiffed still seems a bit whiny. Faludi's "travels through a postwar male realm" are a fascinating slice of male American life "under siege" at the end of the 20th century, even if she does finally leave us like the men she talked to--still wondering just what went wrong. --Linda Killian ]]> 1999 4 0 false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue May 05 06:05:20 -0700 2009 Tue May 05 06:05:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 35664511 361000 1334382 068812299X 9780688122997 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182823593m/1334382.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182823593s/1334382.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1334382.Stiffed_The_Betrayal_of_American_Man 3.50 12 Backlash, has done it again with an exhaustive report on the betrayals felt by working men throughout the United States. American men are angry and discontented, she argues in Stiffed, because their sense of what it is to be a man has been destroyed by everything from corporate downsizing and the shrinking military of the post cold war era to the increase in local sports teams leaving town. Whether she's interviewing the teenage male members of Southern California's infamous Spur Posse (who collected "points" for every female they had sex with), Cleveland football fans shaken by the departure of the Browns football team, militia movement activists, or Sylvester Stallone, Faludi seems stuck on the idea that American men today are man-boys, unable to completely grow up because they never received the nurturing they needed, and now constantly disappointed by life. Yet while many of the men Faludi interviews have real problems--bad luck and sad, troubled lives--somehow Stiffed still seems a bit whiny. Faludi's "travels through a postwar male realm" are a fascinating slice of male American life "under siege" at the end of the 20th century, even if she does finally leave us like the men she talked to--still wondering just what went wrong. --Linda Killian ]]> 1999 1 0 false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999 Sat Oct 18 20:41:23 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 18 20:50:30 -0700 2008 more...]]> 54226713 1129089 200884 0380720450 9780380720453 33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172633497m/200884.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172633497s/200884.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/200884.Stiffed_The_Betrayal_of_the_American_Man 3.77 253 Backlash, has done it again with an exhaustive report on the betrayals felt by working men throughout the United States. American men are angry and discontented, she argues in Stiffed, because their sense of what it is to be a man has been destroyed by everything from corporate downsizing and the shrinking military of the post cold war era to the increase in local sports teams leaving town. Whether she's interviewing the teenage male members of Southern California's infamous Spur Posse (who collected "points" for every female they had sex with), Cleveland football fans shaken by the departure of the Browns football team, militia movement activists, or Sylvester Stallone, Faludi seems stuck on the idea that American men today are man-boys, unable to completely grow up because they never received the nurturing they needed, and now constantly disappointed by life. Yet while many of the men Faludi interviews have real problems--bad luck and sad, troubled lives--somehow Stiffed still seems a bit whiny. Faludi's "travels through a postwar male realm" are a fascinating slice of male American life "under siege" at the end of the 20th century, even if she does finally leave us like the men she talked to--still wondering just what went wrong. --Linda Killian ]]> 1999 5 0 false Tue Apr 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 07:13:27 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 07:14:32 -0700 2009 72882952 826970 200884 0380720450 9780380720453 33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172633497m/200884.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172633497s/200884.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/200884.Stiffed_The_Betrayal_of_the_American_Man 3.77 253 Backlash, has done it again with an exhaustive report on the betrayals felt by working men throughout the United States. American men are angry and discontented, she argues in Stiffed, because their sense of what it is to be a man has been destroyed by everything from corporate downsizing and the shrinking military of the post cold war era to the increase in local sports teams leaving town. Whether she's interviewing the teenage male members of Southern California's infamous Spur Posse (who collected "points" for every female they had sex with), Cleveland football fans shaken by the departure of the Browns football team, militia movement activists, or Sylvester Stallone, Faludi seems stuck on the idea that American men today are man-boys, unable to completely grow up because they never received the nurturing they needed, and now constantly disappointed by life. Yet while many of the men Faludi interviews have real problems--bad luck and sad, troubled lives--somehow Stiffed still seems a bit whiny. Faludi's "travels through a postwar male realm" are a fascinating slice of male American life "under siege" at the end of the 20th century, even if she does finally leave us like the men she talked to--still wondering just what went wrong. --Linda Killian ]]> 1999 2 0 false Tue Sep 29 08:15:20 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 08:15:20 -0700 2009 25694390 1263487 200884 0380720450 9780380720453 33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172633497m/200884.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172633497s/200884.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/200884.Stiffed_The_Betrayal_of_the_American_Man 3.77 253 Backlash, has done it again with an exhaustive report on the betrayals felt by working men throughout the United States. American men are angry and discontented, she argues in Stiffed, because their sense of what it is to be a man has been destroyed by everything from corporate downsizing and the shrinking military of the post cold war era to the increase in local sports teams leaving town. Whether she's interviewing the teenage male members of Southern California's infamous Spur Posse (who collected "points" for every female they had sex with), Cleveland football fans shaken by the departure of the Browns football team, militia movement activists, or Sylvester Stallone, Faludi seems stuck on the idea that American men today are man-boys, unable to completely grow up because they never received the nurturing they needed, and now constantly disappointed by life. Yet while many of the men Faludi interviews have real problems--bad luck and sad, troubled lives--somehow Stiffed still seems a bit whiny. Faludi's "travels through a postwar male realm" are a fascinating slice of male American life "under siege" at the end of the 20th century, even if she does finally leave us like the men she talked to--still wondering just what went wrong. --Linda Killian ]]> 1999 4 0 false Fri Jun 27 14:27:29 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 27 14:27:38 -0700 2008 more...]]> 8435157 238553 200884 0380720450 9780380720453 33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172633497m/200884.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172633497s/200884.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/200884.Stiffed_The_Betrayal_of_the_American_Man 3.77 253 Backlash, has done it again with an exhaustive report on the betrayals felt by working men throughout the United States. American men are angry and discontented, she argues in Stiffed, because their sense of what it is to be a man has been destroyed by everything from corporate downsizing and the shrinking military of the post cold war era to the increase in local sports teams leaving town. Whether she's interviewing the teenage male members of Southern California's infamous Spur Posse (who collected "points" for every female they had sex with), Cleveland football fans shaken by the departure of the Browns football team, militia movement activists, or Sylvester Stallone, Faludi seems stuck on the idea that American men today are man-boys, unable to completely grow up because they never received the nurturing they needed, and now constantly disappointed by life. Yet while many of the men Faludi interviews have real problems--bad luck and sad, troubled lives--somehow Stiffed still seems a bit whiny. Faludi's "travels through a postwar male realm" are a fascinating slice of male American life "under siege" at the end of the 20th century, even if she does finally leave us like the men she talked to--still wondering just what went wrong. --Linda Killian ]]> 1999 4 0 false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999 Tue Oct 30 09:20:30 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 30 09:24:17 -0700 2007 more...]]> 41175531 15042 200884 0380720450 9780380720453 33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172633497m/200884.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172633497s/200884.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/200884.Stiffed_The_Betrayal_of_the_American_Man 3.77 253 Backlash, has done it again with an exhaustive report on the betrayals felt by working men throughout the United States. American men are angry and discontented, she argues in Stiffed, because their sense of what it is to be a man has been destroyed by everything from corporate downsizing and the shrinking military of the post cold war era to the increase in local sports teams leaving town. Whether she's interviewing the teenage male members of Southern California's infamous Spur Posse (who collected "points" for every female they had sex with), Cleveland football fans shaken by the departure of the Browns football team, militia movement activists, or Sylvester Stallone, Faludi seems stuck on the idea that American men today are man-boys, unable to completely grow up because they never received the nurturing they needed, and now constantly disappointed by life. Yet while many of the men Faludi interviews have real problems--bad luck and sad, troubled lives--somehow Stiffed still seems a bit whiny. Faludi's "travels through a postwar male realm" are a fascinating slice of male American life "under siege" at the end of the 20th century, even if she does finally leave us like the men she talked to--still wondering just what went wrong. --Linda Killian ]]> 1999 0 0 false Mon Dec 29 08:27:38 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 08:34:58 -0800 2008 I guess it's worth reading...
I have just read an interview of her...
But I think that's enough to make me read her new book..!
:)]]> 30972666 199354 200884 0380720450 9780380720453 33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172633497m/200884.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172633497s/200884.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/200884.Stiffed_The_Betrayal_of_the_American_Man 3.77 253 Backlash, has done it again with an exhaustive report on the betrayals felt by working men throughout the United States. American men are angry and discontented, she argues in Stiffed, because their sense of what it is to be a man has been destroyed by everything from corporate downsizing and the shrinking military of the post cold war era to the increase in local sports teams leaving town. Whether she's interviewing the teenage male members of Southern California's infamous Spur Posse (who collected "points" for every female they had sex with), Cleveland football fans shaken by the departure of the Browns football team, militia movement activists, or Sylvester Stallone, Faludi seems stuck on the idea that American men today are man-boys, unable to completely grow up because they never received the nurturing they needed, and now constantly disappointed by life. Yet while many of the men Faludi interviews have real problems--bad luck and sad, troubled lives--somehow Stiffed still seems a bit whiny. Faludi's "travels through a postwar male realm" are a fascinating slice of male American life "under siege" at the end of the 20th century, even if she does finally leave us like the men she talked to--still wondering just what went wrong. --Linda Killian ]]> 1999 3 0 false Sat Aug 23 05:35:40 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 17 14:50:42 -0700 2008 more...]]> 26439673 1271511 200884 0380720450 9780380720453 33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172633497m/200884.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172633497s/200884.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/200884.Stiffed_The_Betrayal_of_the_American_Man 3.77 253 Backlash, has done it again with an exhaustive report on the betrayals felt by working men throughout the United States. American men are angry and discontented, she argues in Stiffed, because their sense of what it is to be a man has been destroyed by everything from corporate downsizing and the shrinking military of the post cold war era to the increase in local sports teams leaving town. Whether she's interviewing the teenage male members of Southern California's infamous Spur Posse (who collected "points" for every female they had sex with), Cleveland football fans shaken by the departure of the Browns football team, militia movement activists, or Sylvester Stallone, Faludi seems stuck on the idea that American men today are man-boys, unable to completely grow up because they never received the nurturing they needed, and now constantly disappointed by life. Yet while many of the men Faludi interviews have real problems--bad luck and sad, troubled lives--somehow Stiffed still seems a bit whiny. Faludi's "travels through a postwar male realm" are a fascinating slice of male American life "under siege" at the end of the 20th century, even if she does finally leave us like the men she talked to--still wondering just what went wrong. --Linda Killian ]]> 1999 3 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Sun Jul 06 10:35:46 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 06 11:22:41 -0700 2008 more...]]> 70262832 2391389 200884 0380720450 9780380720453 33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172633497m/200884.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172633497s/200884.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/200884.Stiffed_The_Betrayal_of_the_American_Man 3.77 253 Backlash, has done it again with an exhaustive report on the betrayals felt by working men throughout the United States. American men are angry and discontented, she argues in Stiffed, because their sense of what it is to be a man has been destroyed by everything from corporate downsizing and the shrinking military of the post cold war era to the increase in local sports teams leaving town. Whether she's interviewing the teenage male members of Southern California's infamous Spur Posse (who collected "points" for every female they had sex with), Cleveland football fans shaken by the departure of the Browns football team, militia movement activists, or Sylvester Stallone, Faludi seems stuck on the idea that American men today are man-boys, unable to completely grow up because they never received the nurturing they needed, and now constantly disappointed by life. Yet while many of the men Faludi interviews have real problems--bad luck and sad, troubled lives--somehow Stiffed still seems a bit whiny. Faludi's "travels through a postwar male realm" are a fascinating slice of male American life "under siege" at the end of the 20th century, even if she does finally leave us like the men she talked to--still wondering just what went wrong. --Linda Killian ]]> 1999 4 0 false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 12:07:07 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 12:08:26 -0700 2009 5120664 179861 200884 0380720450 9780380720453 33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172633497m/200884.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172633497s/200884.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/200884.Stiffed_The_Betrayal_of_the_American_Man 3.77 253 Backlash, has done it again with an exhaustive report on the betrayals felt by working men throughout the United States. American men are angry and discontented, she argues in Stiffed, because their sense of what it is to be a man has been destroyed by everything from corporate downsizing and the shrinking military of the post cold war era to the increase in local sports teams leaving town. Whether she's interviewing the teenage male members of Southern California's infamous Spur Posse (who collected "points" for every female they had sex with), Cleveland football fans shaken by the departure of the Browns football team, militia movement activists, or Sylvester Stallone, Faludi seems stuck on the idea that American men today are man-boys, unable to completely grow up because they never received the nurturing they needed, and now constantly disappointed by life. Yet while many of the men Faludi interviews have real problems--bad luck and sad, troubled lives--somehow Stiffed still seems a bit whiny. Faludi's "travels through a postwar male realm" are a fascinating slice of male American life "under siege" at the end of the 20th century, even if she does finally leave us like the men she talked to--still wondering just what went wrong. --Linda Killian ]]> 1999 4 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Sat Aug 25 21:11:18 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 25 21:14:56 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2633167 147433 1334382 068812299X 9780688122997 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182823593m/1334382.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182823593s/1334382.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1334382.Stiffed_The_Betrayal_of_American_Man 3.77 253 Backlash, has done it again with an exhaustive report on the betrayals felt by working men throughout the United States. American men are angry and discontented, she argues in Stiffed, because their sense of what it is to be a man has been destroyed by everything from corporate downsizing and the shrinking military of the post cold war era to the increase in local sports teams leaving town. Whether she's interviewing the teenage male members of Southern California's infamous Spur Posse (who collected "points" for every female they had sex with), Cleveland football fans shaken by the departure of the Browns football team, militia movement activists, or Sylvester Stallone, Faludi seems stuck on the idea that American men today are man-boys, unable to completely grow up because they never received the nurturing they needed, and now constantly disappointed by life. Yet while many of the men Faludi interviews have real problems--bad luck and sad, troubled lives--somehow Stiffed still seems a bit whiny. Faludi's "travels through a postwar male realm" are a fascinating slice of male American life "under siege" at the end of the 20th century, even if she does finally leave us like the men she talked to--still wondering just what went wrong. --Linda Killian ]]> 1999 4 0 false Mon Jul 02 11:27:38 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 23:24:30 -0800 2009 more...]]> 44301891 298248 200884 0380720450 9780380720453 33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172633497m/200884.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172633497s/200884.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/200884.Stiffed_The_Betrayal_of_the_American_Man 3.77 253 Backlash, has done it again with an exhaustive report on the betrayals felt by working men throughout the United States. American men are angry and discontented, she argues in Stiffed, because their sense of what it is to be a man has been destroyed by everything from corporate downsizing and the shrinking military of the post cold war era to the increase in local sports teams leaving town. Whether she's interviewing the teenage male members of Southern California's infamous Spur Posse (who collected "points" for every female they had sex with), Cleveland football fans shaken by the departure of the Browns football team, militia movement activists, or Sylvester Stallone, Faludi seems stuck on the idea that American men today are man-boys, unable to completely grow up because they never received the nurturing they needed, and now constantly disappointed by life. Yet while many of the men Faludi interviews have real problems--bad luck and sad, troubled lives--somehow Stiffed still seems a bit whiny. Faludi's "travels through a postwar male realm" are a fascinating slice of male American life "under siege" at the end of the 20th century, even if she does finally leave us like the men she talked to--still wondering just what went wrong. --Linda Killian ]]> 1999 5 0 false Thu Feb 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 12:15:20 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 12 11:54:56 -0800 2009 24725103 850181 200884 0380720450 9780380720453 33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172633497m/200884.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172633497s/200884.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/200884.Stiffed_The_Betrayal_of_the_American_Man 3.77 253 Backlash, has done it again with an exhaustive report on the betrayals felt by working men throughout the United States. American men are angry and discontented, she argues in Stiffed, because their sense of what it is to be a man has been destroyed by everything from corporate downsizing and the shrinking military of the post cold war era to the increase in local sports teams leaving town. Whether she's interviewing the teenage male members of Southern California's infamous Spur Posse (who collected "points" for every female they had sex with), Cleveland football fans shaken by the departure of the Browns football team, militia movement activists, or Sylvester Stallone, Faludi seems stuck on the idea that American men today are man-boys, unable to completely grow up because they never received the nurturing they needed, and now constantly disappointed by life. Yet while many of the men Faludi interviews have real problems--bad luck and sad, troubled lives--somehow Stiffed still seems a bit whiny. Faludi's "travels through a postwar male realm" are a fascinating slice of male American life "under siege" at the end of the 20th century, even if she does finally leave us like the men she talked to--still wondering just what went wrong. --Linda Killian ]]> 1999 2 0 false Sun Aug 31 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 17 12:23:49 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 31 14:27:03 -0700 2008
What was with every "feminist" wife in the book divorcing her husband the minute he could no longer afford to bu...more...]]> 21004921 724491 200884 0380720450 9780380720453 33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172633497m/200884.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172633497s/200884.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/200884.Stiffed_The_Betrayal_of_the_American_Man 3.77 253 Backlash, has done it again with an exhaustive report on the betrayals felt by working men throughout the United States. American men are angry and discontented, she argues in Stiffed, because their sense of what it is to be a man has been destroyed by everything from corporate downsizing and the shrinking military of the post cold war era to the increase in local sports teams leaving town. Whether she's interviewing the teenage male members of Southern California's infamous Spur Posse (who collected "points" for every female they had sex with), Cleveland football fans shaken by the departure of the Browns football team, militia movement activists, or Sylvester Stallone, Faludi seems stuck on the idea that American men today are man-boys, unable to completely grow up because they never received the nurturing they needed, and now constantly disappointed by life. Yet while many of the men Faludi interviews have real problems--bad luck and sad, troubled lives--somehow Stiffed still seems a bit whiny. Faludi's "travels through a postwar male realm" are a fascinating slice of male American life "under siege" at the end of the 20th century, even if she does finally leave us like the men she talked to--still wondering just what went wrong. --Linda Killian ]]> 1999 5 0 false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 25 18:42:32 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 14 19:13:36 -0700 2008 more...]]> 34583543 323243 200884 0380720450 9780380720453 33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172633497m/200884.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172633497s/200884.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/200884.Stiffed_The_Betrayal_of_the_American_Man 3.77 253 Backlash, has done it again with an exhaustive report on the betrayals felt by working men throughout the United States. American men are angry and discontented, she argues in Stiffed, because their sense of what it is to be a man has been destroyed by everything from corporate downsizing and the shrinking military of the post cold war era to the increase in local sports teams leaving town. Whether she's interviewing the teenage male members of Southern California's infamous Spur Posse (who collected "points" for every female they had sex with), Cleveland football fans shaken by the departure of the Browns football team, militia movement activists, or Sylvester Stallone, Faludi seems stuck on the idea that American men today are man-boys, unable to completely grow up because they never received the nurturing they needed, and now constantly disappointed by life. Yet while many of the men Faludi interviews have real problems--bad luck and sad, troubled lives--somehow Stiffed still seems a bit whiny. Faludi's "travels through a postwar male realm" are a fascinating slice of male American life "under siege" at the end of the 20th century, even if she does finally leave us like the men she talked to--still wondering just what went wrong. --Linda Killian ]]> 1999 4 0 false Sun Oct 05 12:26:03 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 05 12:29:09 -0700 2008 more...]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=200884