May 19, 2024
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Good Will Toward Men, a Gender Issues Classic
I interviewed twenty-two women who talked candidly about the balance of power between the sexes. The resulting book was originally published by St. Martin’s Press in 1994 but the publisher's feminist staff refused to promote it. It went nowhere, died fast. Huge heartbreak for me.
The "blurbs" from notable people about Good Will Toward Men
The original Introduction, a time capsule from 1994
writer; the perils of the victim mentality
therapist; women’s unrealistic expectations of men
anthropologist; the roots of patriarchy
drug-abuse counselor; African-American fathers
therapist; women’s prejudices toward men
attorney, president of NOW, 1974-1977; trying to end the battle between the sexes
anticensorship feminist; “pornography”
founder of Woman Within; embracing the feminine shadow
America’s first female sportscaster; working with men
women’s studies professor; social support for fathers
writer, editor, broadcaster; compassion and gratitude for fathers
writer; a rape protest run amok
sociologist; domestic violence against men
therapist and trainer; African-American male-female relationships
writer, professor of English; the “disposable” father
attorney, law professor; false accusations of rape
consultant in human development; female longing for healthy masculinity
professor; the politics of feminist scholarship
