Men on Strike, Helen Smith, PhD
Men on Strike, Helen Smith, PhD
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Men on Strike
Why Men Are Boycotting Marriage, Fatherhood, and the American Dream - and Why It Matters

Author: Helen Smith, PhD

Narrator: Susan Boyce

Unabridged: 5 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/06/2017

Synopsis

American society has become anti-male. Men are sensing the backlash and are responding. They're dropping out of college, leaving the workforce, and avoiding marriage and fatherhood at alarming rates. The trend is so pronounced that a number of books have been written about this man-child phenomenon, concluding that men have taken a vacation from responsibility. But why should men participate in a system that seems to be increasingly stacked against them? As Men on Strike demonstrates, men aren't dropping out because they are stuck in arrested development; they are acting rationally in response to the lack of incentives society offers them to be responsible fathers, husbands, and providers. In addition, men are going on strike, either consciously or unconsciously, because they do not want to be injured by the myriad of laws, attitudes, and hostility against them for the crime of happening to be male in the twenty-first century. Men are starting to fight back. Men on Strike explains th eir battle cry.

About Helen Smith, PhD

Helen Smith, PhD, is a psychologist specializing in forensic issues and men's issues with degrees from the University of Tennessee, The New School for Social Research, and the City University of New York. The author of The Scarred Heart: Understanding and Identifying Kids Who Kill, she is also the writer and executive producer of the documentary Six and has been a guest on numerous television and radio shows. For more information, visit her blog: pjmedia.com/drhelen.

About Susan Boyce

Susan Boyce is an award-winning audiobook narrator. She has recorded over ninety audiobooks in a variety of categories, and her talents have been put to work by industry giants such as Amica, Hasbro, and Mattel. She earned a bachelor of fine arts from the University of Rhode Island in 1979 and has worked on-stage at Trinity Repertory Theatre, Worcester Foothills Theatre, The Edinburgh Festival in Scotland, and every major Ragtime and Traditional Jazz Festival in the United States.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bradley

Misandry. mis•an•dry mĭ-săn′drē► n. Hatred or mistrust of men. n. Man-hatred; a bad opinion of man, as being unfair or oppressive toward women. n. Hatred of men. Contrast misogyny and cf. misandrist. Let me be clear here. I believe in equality. This should not be a lot to ask for. Back a hundred years or......more

Goodreads review by Trish

How do many people start their reviews when reading such a book? Oh, right: Unpopular Opinion Time! Nowadays, everyone is supposed to be what society calls a feminist. Let me be clear here: I'm female and I want equality. BUT: if a woman wants a job (for example), she needs to be just as qualified as......more

Goodreads review by K

This book is fantastic. Read it to protect the men in your life. Book description: American society has become anti-male. Men are sensing the backlash and are consciously and unconsciously going “on strike.” They are dropping out of college, leaving the workforce and avoiding marriage and fatherhood a......more

Goodreads review by Arminius

This book takes a fascinating look at society’s attack on men which is causing men to avoid marriage, skip going to college, not find a job and live alone. The numerous reasons are a court system stacked against men in regards to paternity, a school system which is stacked against men and boys, a......more

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