Future Man
How to Evolve and Thrive in the Age of Trump, Mansplaining, and #MeToo
- 312 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
A sharply intelligent, explosively honest, and laugh-out-loud funny look at the state of masculinity and how to be a man, for fans of Jon Ronson and Matt Haig.
If ever there was an urgent need for a frank understanding of what's going on with men, it is now. Male rage and frustration have driven resurgent populism, mass shootings, and epidemics of addiction and violence. Powerful men who have abused their positions for decades have been and are being #MeToo–outed and dismissed. The patriarchy, that solid bedrock of male power for thousands of years, seems to be crumbling.In Future Man, with his characteristic intelligence and humor, Tim Samuels assesses the state of contemporary manhood, its conflicts, confusions, and challenges. Trapped in bodies barely changed since cavemen days, men are contending with the stresses of corporate culture, lifelong commitment, rampant depression, and crazy expectations to be successful at work and at home. But how can you hunt and gather in an open-plan office? Why do men make up to 95 percent of Fortune 500 CEOs yet 93 percent of the prison population? Why do men commit suicide at more than three times the rate of women?Drawing on his own experience and reporting, Samuels addresses such topics as dating, aging, fatherhood, porn, violence, mental health, and the trouble with monogamy as well as issues related to toxic masculinity, the man box, gender roles, and role models. The American edition has been updated and includes anew preface.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Preface to the American Edition
- 1. Introduction: Who Stole My Spear?
- 2. Becoming a Man (in the Safeway Parking Lot)
- 3. The $3,000 Pulling Schoo
- 4. YO! Sushi Dating
- 5. Relationships. Oh Man!
- 6. When Morrissey Came for Tea
- 7. A Bad Day for a Meltdown
- 8. How Was Your Day, Dear?
- 9. Set Our Testosterone Free0
- 10. Spare Part on a Porn Set
- 11. A Jealous Atheist1
- 12. Paternity Test
- 13. Conclusion: Reclaim the Spear
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- About the Author
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