On the fate of the American male, there have been some
serious sociological studies resulting in books. The
conclusion was that there has been a loss of masculinity and
a loss of self-esteem among American males, that men are
disoriented, they no longer know how or where to fit. Also,
that they have become more like women but that women don't
necessarily like that. Complicated stuff...
In any case, it's considerably more complicated than saying
that men have become pussywhipped (or more so than they were
before, in the dark ages of the fifties). It's a societal
thing, not a merely individual phenomenon. On a time scale
that makes any sense, this is an alarming change, if indeed
it is real. The people who have studied it say it is.
One of the people who have studied this is Susan
Faludi.
What would Shell Scott think of all this?
Best,
mrt
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