Kathleen Parker (Author)
http://www.amazon.com/Save-Males-Matter-Women-Should/dp/1400065798/ref=pd_sim_b_5/002-6206109-0570445
Although its title makes it sound like a comedy in the vein of Dave Barry’s
Complete Guide to Guys (1995), this book by syndicated newspaper columnist
Parker is fairly serious, even though it’s written with the author’s customary
semi-acidic tongue. Parker wants no part of the conventional
gosh-aren’t-men-doofuses position; instead, she asks why men are so frequently
portrayed (especially, but not only, on television) as clumsy, inept,
slow-witted dolts. She asks other startling and politically incorrect questions,
too, including why some elements of the legal system, especially those involving
parental rights and child care, favor women; why feminism, which began as the
quest for equality between the sexes, now seems to have mutated into a quest for
female superiority; and why men are becoming ever more marginalized in American
society. Parker’s against-the-grain opinions are sure to provoke criticism,
controversy, and condemnation, but she is a lively writer who argues her points
with great enthusiasm and often compelling logic. Expect to see Parker on plenty
of talk shows. --David Pitt
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