What About Men?

Hardcover, 320 pages

English language

Published July 6, 2023 by Ebury Press.

ISBN:
978-1-5291-4915-9
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3 stars (1 review)

As any feminist who talks about the problems of girls and women will know, the first question you will ever be asked is 'But what about MEN?' After eleven years of writing bestsellers about women and dismissing this question, having been very sure that the concerns of feminism and men are very different things, Caitlin Moran realised that this wasn't quite right, and that the problems of feminism are also the problems of, yes, men.

So, what about men? Why do they only go to the doctor if their wife or girlfriend makes them? Why do they never discuss their penises with each other - but make endless jokes about their balls? What is porn doing for young men? Is their fondness for super-skinny jeans leading to an epidemic of bad mental health? Are men allowed to be sad? Are men allowed to lose? Have Men's Rights Activists confused 'power' …

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3 stars

Fortunately, I did borrow it from the local #library. 

Repetitive and tendentious, vulgar at times. Most of the content can be skimmed. It is not entirely a waste of time, as it is - occasionally - amusing, but it is otherwise of very little value.

Subjects

  • gender studies