new book: Men on Strike

[MatureDJ]

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

http://www.amazon.com/books/dp/1594036756

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 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.

My opnion:

 

[zekko]

Looks like a pretty good book. I've always understood why men would opt out of marriage and fatherhood. After all, what's the incentive? A man in this world today is only allowed to be a father or a husband at the whim of the woman he is with. But I haven't understood why they've been dropping out of college and the workforce. I guess they don't want to be part of a system that is biased against them.

In the comments section, someone talks about having a male go talk to a child at a park, or park at a college campus. He's likely to be hauled off to jail.

This reminds me a bit of when I was a young man, addicted to tennis (it was the early 80s and it was popular at the time). Sometimes we would go use the courts at the public high school, they had a lot of them. We did this for years without any problem, even with the high school team playing at the other far end. But at some point, the security guard started running us out of there. I'm not saying this was a bias against males necessarily (although it might have been), but a new era of suspicion had definitely begun.

 

[PlayHer Man]

I might take a look at that book.

Seems like more and more books and articles on this topic have been popping up in recent years. Its really not rocket science. People don't like to be underlings for others... Especially men and ESPECIALLY when there is no f*cking benefit!

Why would any sane person engage in behavior that has high risk and virtually no reward? Not even respect. Men increasingly view married men as weak, whipped, desperate faggots --> And they are increasingly CORRECT. There is no respect in being a husband anymore since women have all the power.

Men value pride, dignity and respect above most other things (including their health and well-being). Modern society has taken away the pride, dignity and respect from marriage and fatherhood.

Regarding men losing interest in education.. I think it has more to do with a lack of pressure to succeed. Men don't feel motivated to be "providers" anymore. So as long as they can support THEMSELVES.. they are satisfied --> Remember that women are primarily the extravagant gender. Most men don't need the fancy lifestyle as long as they have food, shelter and p*ssy.

Only men who desire power, freedom and control (like most DJ's on this site) still have a strong desire to be educated and successful.

 

[nismo-4]

I wonder if that book can be downloaded for free...