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Book SynopsisTrade Review"[Baumeister] does make the fascinating point that men operate at the extremes, socially and biologically." --Bitch 'Male readers may find some solace in Roy F. Baumeister's "Is There Anything Good About Men?" Mr. Baumeister is less concerned about the wimpification of modern man than about the degree to which men have been historically "exploited." The very cultures that men have built, he says, have considered males more expendable than women... But men, Mr. Baumeister says, are often taken for granted and denigrated as the bane of female existence, with some gender activist insisting that women would be better off without them. In a feisty rejoinder, Mr. Baumeister says that "'if women really would have been happier without men, they would have set up shop on their own long ago." --Dave Shiflett, Wall Street Journal "Read this if you're open to a thought-provoking take on so-called battle of the sexes. Packed with counterintuitive but convincing points, the book will reshape how you think about sexism, feminism, and gender differences." Andrea Bartz, Psychology Todayl "There are some interesting arguments concerning marriage, procreation, and the creation of culture that students and professionals in the field of evolutionary psychology probably would be interested in discussing further." -- Elin Weiss, Sex Roles
Table of ContentsChapter 1: What a Question! Chapter 2: Are Women Better than Men, or Vice Versa? Chapter 3: The Most Underappreciated Fact about Men Chapter 4: Are Women More Social? Chapter 5: How Culture Works Chapter 6: Women, Men, and Culture: The Roots of Inequality Chapter 7: Expendable Beings, Disposable Lives Chapter 8: Earning Manhood, and the Male Ego Chapter 9 Exploiting Men through Marriage and Sex Chapter 10: What Else, What Next?
