Exile In Guyland
As I said
on Thursday, I think I was a little too harsh on
Guyland scribe,
sociologist Michael Kimmel, when I
discussed his appearance on the
Today show. After reading the entirety of
Guyland over the weekend, I definitely owe Kimmel an apology.
Guyland is the province of American males ages 16 to 26 who are having difficulty launching as adults. The book is not only about a "guy" culture drenched in sexual and physical violence, but it's also about teaching those young men to take responsibility for themselves and their behavior — especially where women are concerned. These young, usually white, middle class guys are loath to act like men, or really, human beings, because of three cultural dynamics as named by Kimmel: a culture of entitlement, a culture of silence, and a culture of protection.
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The Doucherati
Oh look! It's
another dude making money off the romantic and physical insecurities of women. This time around it's a gentleman named Dante Moore (left), who has written a delightful screed called
The Re-Education of the Female. No wonder he's named Dante, because his mission is hellish.
Washington Post writer Laura Yao suffered through Moore's book and his presence so we don't have to, and the shit he's slinging isn't really anything new. Yao summarizes it thusly: as a woman, "Your responsibilities include cooking, staying skinny, wearing sexy things around the house and doing whatever your man tells you to do (because, Moore writes, 'Here's a little secret, ladies: men never really ask for anything. They command. . . . And believe me, what you won't do, ten broads around the corner will.')" And you know, Moore is right: his advice will probably net you a man.
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