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Stiffed

Susan Faludi

Why do so many American men feel betrayed, and what lies beneath the battle between the sexes?

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Author
Susan Faludi

Why read it

  • You will see how broken promises of work and manhood left many men feeling betrayed, a grievance that came to shape national politics
  • You will question whether the fight between the sexes is the real source of men's distress, as the author did after listening to them
  • You will understand why Faludi concludes that the struggles of men and women depend on each other's success

Who it is for

  • A man feeling lost after a layoff or change in role
  • A reader trying to understand angry male voters
  • A feminist or ally interested in men's inner lives

Contents

  1. Trumped and Abandoned: Preface to the Twentieth-Anniversary Edition
  2. Part One: Departures
  3. 1. The Son, the Moon, and the Stars: The Promise of Postwar Manhood
  4. Part Two: Utility Men
  5. 2. Nothing but Big Work: From Shipyards to Space, the Closing of the American Job
  6. 3. Girls Have All the Power: What’s Troubling Troubled Boys
  7. 4. A Good Dawg Will Always Remain Loyal: The Cleveland Browns Skip Town
  8. 5. Where Am I in the Kingdom?: A Christian Quest for Manhood
  9. Part Three: Evil Empires
  10. 6. Gone to Soldiers, Every One: The Vietnam War That No One Dodged
  11. 7. The Creature in the Mirror: The Fantasy Cavalry to the Rescue
  12. 8. Burning Down the House: The Fire Last Time in Waco, Texas
  13. Part Four: Hood Ornaments
  14. 9. Man in a Can: Moon Walkers, Ghetto Stars, and Cross-Dressers in a Gilded Age
  15. 10. Waiting for Wood: A Death on the New Frontier
  16. Part Five: Destinations
  17. 11. Parting Shots: The Fighter Still Remains
  18. 12. Rebels in the Kingdom

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