<![CDATA[Save the Males: Why Men Matter and Why Women Should Care]]>

false <![CDATA[Save the Males: Why Men Matter and Why Women Should Care]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256034589m/2267903.jpg 2267903 1 Tell a woman we need to save the males and she’ll give you the name of her shrink. But cultural provocateur Kathleen Parker, who was raised by her father and who mothered a pack of boys, makes a humorous case for rescuing the allegedly stronger sex from trends that portend man’s cultural demise. Save the Males is a shrewd, amusing, and sure-to-be-controversial look at how men, maleness, and fatherhood have been under siege in American culture for decades. Kathleen Parker argues that the feminist movement veered off course from it’s original aim of helping women achieve equality and ended up making enemies of men. With piercing wit, this nationally syndicated columnist shows us how the pendulum has swung from the reasonable middle to a place where men have been ridiculed in the public square and the importance of fatherhood has been diminished–all to the detriment of women, who ultimately suffer most. The real losers, should we continue on our present course, are not just grown men and women but our children. Young people involuntarily drafted into the squabbles of their parents’ generation and raised in a climate of sexual hostility–also known as the “hookup culture”–may be fluent in porn, but their vocabulary is painfully limited when it comes to relationships. While Parker gleefully skewers the silly side of the human experiment–like men in dresses and sperm shopping–she offers sobering statistics on the impact of the anti-male culture on the institution of the family and on relationships. Exploring our burgeoning “slut culture” and the vividly narcissistic prevalence of vagina worship, Save the Males softens no edges. Parker tackles some of the more taboo subjects in today’s sexual politics and culture wars with perceptive analysis and a stinging sense of humor that will have America talking–and chuckling–about saving the males. 2273920 10 6 2008 Save the Males: Why Men Matter and Why Women Should Care total:53|5:8|4:13|3:15|2:10|1:7| 53 164 112 26 4 2 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jul 21 16:42:32 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 04 06:42:17 -0700 2008 The War Against Boys and more recently, I've read Leonard Sax's Boys Adrift. Kathleen Parker does make all the arguments that boys are getting short-changed in a bitingly hum...more...]]> 1 2 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 02 01:33:18 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 02 01:37:14 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Dec 18 18:08:45 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 18 18:25:36 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 1 false false Mon Feb 23 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 09:11:19 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 14:03:37 -0800 2009
I was particularly moved by a moment fairly early in the book where Parker is talking about Domestic Violence. She mentions that the Allstate websit...more...]]> 4 0 false true Thu Jul 16 10:46:28 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 01:33:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jun 08 19:11:10 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 19:18:18 -0700 2009
Ms Parker can come off as brazen and flippant, but I quite liked this ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jan 25 11:45:03 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 11:49:19 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Nov 19 07:27:41 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 19 07:51:14 -0800 2008
For example, Parker discusses how po...more...]]> 1 1 false false Mon Dec 15 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Oct 07 10:54:14 -0700 2008 Thu Dec 18 11:30:57 -0800 2008 Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys instead (the only other book I've r...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jul 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 26 07:58:41 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 02 09:14:34 -0700 2008
To be fair, I admire some of Parker’s columns. She is a very talented writer and the book uses facts and research to support most of her claims. Yet, I feel that the subject itself was a mixed bag, as was the book. There is inequality between the sexes...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Dec 26 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jun 10 15:39:54 -0700 2008 Fri Dec 26 06:33:35 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 10 16:46:02 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 16:47:53 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 15 10:41:18 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 15 10:49:00 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Tue Jul 29 14:48:50 -0700 2008 Sun Dec 14 21:53:26 -0800 2008
So the fact that I like her book is no surprise and you should probably get an unbiased opinion before adding th...more...]]> 1 0 false false Tue Aug 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 20:12:32 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 20:13:55 -0700 2009 1 0 false false Sun Jul 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 07:44:46 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 19:53:04 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Oct 14 13:55:03 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 14 13:59:39 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Jun 17 16:28:49 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 23:56:01 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 16:28:49 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Apr 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 20:13:32 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 20:14:48 -0700 2009 1 2 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Feb 04 19:12:15 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 23 20:56:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2267903