Manning Up : How the Rise of Women Has turned Men into Boys

Author(s): Kay S. Hymowitz

Society & Culture

Women complain there are no good men left--that men are immature, unreliable, and adrift. No wonder. Masculine role models have become increasingly juvenile and inarticulate: think of stars like Adam Sandler and Will Ferrell, or the dudes of the popular Judd Apatow movies. There are no rules for dating and mating. Guys are unsure how to treat a woman. Most importantly, dating in the pre-adult years is no longer a means to an end--marriage--as it was in the past. Many young men today suspect they are no longer essential to family life, and without the old scripts to follow, they find themselves stuck between adolescence and "real" adulthood. In "Manning Up," Kay Hymowitz sets these problems in a socioeconomic context: today's knowledge economy is female friendly, and many of the highest profile areas of that economy--communications, design, the arts, and health care--are dominated by women. Men are increasingly left on the outskirts of this new, service economy, and take much longer to find a financial foothold. With no biological clock telling them it's time to grow up, without the financial resources to settle down, and with the accepted age of marriage rising into the late 30s or even 40s, men are holding onto adolescence at the very time that women are achieving professional success and looking to find a mate to share it with. A provocative account of the modern sexual economy, Hymowitz deftly charts a gender mismatch that threatens the future of the American family and makes no one happy in the long run.

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A.J. Jacobs, author of" The Year of Living Biblically "Kay Hymowitz has written a fascinating and important book--one that should be read by every man, woman and man-child in America. So put down your Wii controller, click off the Tucker Max blog, and pick up "Manning Up." You won't regret it." Pamela Paul, author of "The Starter Marriage "With spot-on detail and zero dogma, Kay Hymowitz has written a smart, incisive analysis of the woes troubling today's young men, oft saddled with the dreary label, 'adultescents.' Anyone interested in the state of the sexes will want to read Hymowitz's wise, accessible and compassionate take." William J. Bennett "Manning Up" is an important portrayal of the disintegrating covenant that once existed between the sexes. And few can do this better than Kay Hymowitz. She untangles the complex forces threatening marriage for even the most privileged young Americans." Caitlin Flanagan, author of "To Hell with All That: Loving and Loathing Our Inner Housewife "In her fascinating, brutally honest new book, Kay Hymowitz describes an unintended consequence of the successes of feminism: the creation of a huge generation of aging frat boys, men who have discovered--in the spray tanned, bikini-waxed wonderland of post-feminism--a shangrila they are only too happy to inhabit. Freed from the old tests of manhood, such as the ability to marry and provide for a woman and children, they are biding their time, and leaving many of the best and brightest young women wondering, 'where did all the good men go?' "Manning Up" is an important book for parents, educators and most of all, for today's young women." Neil Howe, co-author of "Millenials Rising: The Next Great Generation "Kay Hymowitz is a brilliant observer of cultural and social trends in America.

General Fields

  • : 9780465028368
  • : The Perseus Books Group
  • : Basic Books
  • : 0.227
  • : 29 February 2012
  • : 203mm X 130mm X 18mm
  • : United States
  • : 01 March 2012
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Kay S. Hymowitz
  • : Paperback
  • : English
  • : 240