Save the Males - by Kathleen Parker (Paperback)

About the Book

Looks at American culture's attacks on men, maleness, and fatherhood and their corrosive influence on the family, arguing that the feminist movement has gone beyond its goal of helping women achieve equality to demonize men and masculinity.

Book Synopsis

With piercing wit and perceptive analysis, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Kathleen Parker explores how men, maleness, and fatherhood have been under siege in American culture for decades. She argues that the feminist movement veered off course from its original aim of helping women achieve equality and ended up making enemies of men. 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 and children, who ultimately suffer most. Exploring our burgeoning culture of permissiveness and the impact of anti-male attitudes on families and relationships, Kathleen Parker tackles some of the more taboo subjects in today's sexual politics and culture wars that will have America talking about saving the males.

Review Quotes

"Sharp and witty criticism."--New York Post

"Save the Males is witty and it's going to make you laugh, but it is also serious, thoughtful, brilliantly observed, and dead-on."--Peggy Noonan

"Kathleen Parker proves to be not just a sharp thinker but a blithe spirit. While most social critics fight the gender wars from the female side, Parker throws our men and our boys an intelligent, heartfelt, humorous life jacket." --Margaret Carlson

"Arresting, entertaining, and serious."--The New York Times

"Fierce and funny."--Toronto Star

About the Author

Kathleen Parker is a nationally syndicated columnist whose twice-weekly column runs in more than four hundred newspapers around the country. An H. L. Mencken Writing Award winner, she frequently appears on radio talk shows and is a regular guest on The Chris Matthews Show.