Men on strike
by Helen Smith
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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
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…coverage because it's considered anti-feminist to believe that women want to find a man to marry or have kids. Look at how Joss Whedon was thrashed for having Black Widow even suggest that. Check out "Men on Strike" by Helen Smith. She highlights the trends and proposed a number of theories to explain it.
on “The Rise of Men Who Don’t Work, and What They Do Instead” ↗I think marriage is fundamentally an economic institution. People got married because it made economic sense Marriage and divorce laws are also biased against men—which Helen Smith details in Men on Strike: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1594036756 . The book is not great but it is a decent introduction to these issues.
on “Americans aren't getting married, and researchers think porn may be to blame” ↗