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 Kathleen Parker Random House From A Press Release Book Description "[T]o the question of why should we undertake the momentous task of saving the males, I have two answers: The short one is because we love our sons. The longer one is because we love our daughters. Whatever women may think of men, our sons and daughters deserve a fair shot at getting it right, free of their parents' baggage and the recriminations born of the previous generation's struggles with equality."~ Nationally syndicated columnist and cultural provocateur Kathleen Parker makes the case for rescuing the allegedly stronger sex from man's cultural demise in SAVE THE MALES: Why Men Matter; Why Women Should Care. What is a sure-to-be-controversial look at how men, maleness, and fatherhood have been under siege in American culture for decades, Parker, who was raised by her father and who mothered a pack of boys, argues that the feminist movement veered off course from its original aim of helping women achieve equality and ended up making enemies of men. She 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. Furthermore, the true sufferers are not 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 may be fluent in porn, but their vocabulary is painfully limited when it comes to relationships. Through sobering statistics on the impact of the anti-male culture on the institution of the family and on relationships to exploring our burgeoning "slut culture" and the vividly narcissistic phenomenon 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. Some of Parker's arguments will have you shaking your head in agreement (or disagreement), some will have you stopping and thinking, and some will have you laughing out loud at their honesty and bluntness. SAVE THE MALES is destined to become one of the most talked about books this year. About the Author: Kathleen Parker is one of the most widely syndicated female columnists in the country and her twice-weekly column runs in more than four hundred newspapers. An H. L. Mencken Writing Award winner, she frequently appears on radio talk shows and is a regular guest on "The Chris Matthews Show." She splits her time between Washington D.C. and South Carolina. Buy: Save the Males: Why Men Matter Why Women Should Care Return to the Dr. Laura Reading Corner |
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