Contemporary Manhood is in "Crisis"

In these couple of chapters Kimmel argues that the contemporary manhood is in crisis, meaning that it is in trouble of becoming almost extinct and more and more feminized. He brings up the idea of "masculine mystique", saying that there is this complicated list of things that a true man should be or be able to do, but this list is almost impossible for any one man to be able to achieve. Thus he is saying the "masculine mystique" is simply a myth or unattainable. When Kimmel brings up the idea that feminism has also contributed to contemporary manhood being in crisis, he says that feminism has in a sense feminized or domesticated the man in the sense that he does not have much control within the private sphere of his home where the woman stays to raise the children while the man is out at work. He also says that during the feminist movement women were starting to venture out of the private sphere of just staying home and going out into the public sphere to be able to work alongside the men. The fact that the women were starting to gain more power and momentum gave the contemporary man a feeling that he was losing a grip on his manhood.