What Do Men Want?
Masculinity and Its Discontents

Quite insightful view into my favorite contemporary sociological topic - modern masculinity. The book is sadly too short (a very rare comment about a pop science book, usually they have one idea and they stretch it for far too long frequently causing me to give up on the book). The book should reall......more

I reviewed this book for The Tablet. Here's my review: As the gender juggernaut continues to roll through the linguistic and sexual conventions of modern culture, it takes courage to write a book which asks its readers to celebrate the fact that men and women are not the same. Nina Power exposes her......more

For a more complete review that addresses Power's flawed gender politics directly, see Dominic Fox's review ([URL not allowed]). I will limit myself to a reflection on what I take to be the point where her argument goes off the rails. First, I want to start with what's right a......more

the book manages to be very thought provoking when it touches on the issues of men (loneliness, suicide, alienation, etc) and how they manifest in support of "men's rights activist" groups like MGTOW, pick-up artists, or NoFap. it manages to be astoundingly stupid in the first chapter or two, where......more

Her writing displays deep empathy and understanding of men. The book’s conclusion draws on playfulness as well as the Christian teaching of forgiveness (not just women forgiving men, but forgiveness in general): “How can men and women live together in a world where capitalism and consumerism has repl......more