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What About Men?

by Caitlin Moran
Caitlin Moran
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As any feminist who talks about the problems of girls and women will know, the first question you will ever be asked is 'But what about MEN?' After eleven years of writing bestsellers about women and dismissing this question, having been very sure that the concerns of feminism and men are very different things, Caitlin Moran realised that this wasn't quite right, and that the problems of feminism are also the problems of, yes, men.
So, what about men? Why do they only go to the doctor if their wife or girlfriend makes them? Why do they never discuss their penises with each other - but make endless jokes about their balls? What is porn doing for young men? Is their fondness for super-skinny jeans leading to an epidemic of bad mental health? Are men allowed to be sad? Are men allowed to lose? Have Men's Rights Activists confused 'power' with 'empowerment'? And is Jordan B Peterson just your mum - but with some mad theory about a lobster?
In this book, Caitlin intends to answer all this and more - because if men haven't yet answered the question 'What About Men?', it's going to be down to a busy woman to do it.
'A must-read eye-opener that makes you laugh, cry, get angry and get happy on every page. It's magnificent' Bob Mortimer
'I fall passionately in love with absolutely every single thing Caitlin Moran writes - and I've fallen very hard for this book... Eye-opener, page-turner, women-translator, guy-empowerer - put like that, I hope you'll agree it's incredibly reasonably priced' Marina Hyde
'Our greatest modern writer on women turns her eyes on men - and it's all good' David Baddiel
©2023 Caitlin Moran (P)2023 Penguin Audio

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    July 6, 2023

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      • ISBN: 9781529900637
      • File size: 239981 KB
      • Duration: 08:19:57

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    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      November 6, 2023
      Journalist and feminist Moran (How to Be a Woman) tackles in this provocative outing a question often lobbed at her during speaking events: what about the struggles of the modern male? Though at first flummoxed by why she should care, Moran eventually realized that perhaps there was something to the issue. Marshaling commentary from friends, her husband, and respondents to her social media queries, Moran explores the contours of masculinity in the 21st century, wading into such hot-button topics as alpha male stereotypes, “incel” culture, and the “men’s rights” activism of writers like Andrew Tate and Jordan Peterson (to whom young boys have turned “in the absence of... relatable, sound advice coming from the good liberal progressive men of generation”). Elsewhere, she addresses men’s mental health issues, sexuality, and friendships in sharp and funny—if not always rigorous—takes (a discussion of men’s body image anxieties considers the current trend of men’s jeans “so tight that they look sprayed on” and speculates that “if you weren’t wearing trousers that were actively betraying you, a lot of those problems might disappear”). By her own admission, Moran is short on answers; she also has a tendency to lean on stereotypes. Still, she raises plenty of worthwhile questions about “what it is to be a boy and become a man in today’s world,” and does so with genuine curiosity, self-awareness, and humor. This promises to spark conversation.

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