Men on Strike: Why Men Are Boycotting Marriage, Fatherhood, and the American Dream - and Why It Matters
Helen Smith
Dec 2014 · Encounter Books
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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 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 simply because they can. 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 instead 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 against the backlash. Men on Strike explains their battle cry.
As Men on Strike demonstrates, men aren’t dropping out because they are stuck in arrested development. They are instead 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 against the backlash. Men on Strike explains their battle cry.
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4.6
13 reviews
william pratt
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January 16, 2018
I'm active duty military, divorced, paying child support, and filling the role of part time father despite providing my wife a college degree, an income, home, gifts within our means, love and respect. I bought this book because during my 7 years in the military have witnessed many divorces from close friends in the military and want to gain some perspective why women can't be satisfied, or simply "give up". When asked why, after 6 years of marriage and a two year old child, would she want a divorce, and the only response I got was, "I'm not happy". I'm not saying the marriage was perfect, but giving up my happiness, for the good of my family and servitude to country had been normal behavior. I just prioritized my family's welfare and happiness over my own and felt betrayed when I heard her say the words.
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J “Supreme Atomic Marine” Race
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June 19, 2015
I haven't finished yet but this book has proven to be worth the time if you are interested in understanding why 21st century men are behaving the way they are, especially in regards to marriage.
2 people found this review helpful
Ashton Deroy
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January 25, 2018
I wanted to better rate this book. It really was life changing! However the core idea was flawed.
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About the author
Helen Smith, PhD, is a psychologist specializing in forensic issues and men’s issues in Knoxville, Tennessee. She holds a PhD from the University of Tennessee and master’s degrees from The New School for Social Research and the City University of New York. She has written The Scarred Heart: Understanding and Identifying Kids Who Kill and was writer and executive producer of Six, a documentary about the murder of a family in Tennessee by teens from Kentucky. She has worked with men (as well as women and children) in her private practice for more than twenty years. She has been on numerous television and radio shows including Montel Williams and has appeared on E! Entertainment, Fox News, Discovery, Women’s Entertainment, Biography, Oxygen and The Learning Channel. Smith has written for numerous publications including the Los Angeles Times, The Christian Science Monitor and The Cleveland Plain Dealer. She occasionally hosts a show at PJTV focusing on men’s issues, psychology and politics. She has written on her blog at drhelen.blogspot.com since 2005 on men’s rights, men’s issues and psychology and is now a columnist and blogger at PJ Media. Her blog is at pjmedia.com/drhelen.
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