Manhood in crisis

     Kimmel says that contemporary manhood is crisis in a number of different ways for a number of different reasons.  Today men are having to find new ways to be manly because the "normal" ways aren't working.  The job market sucks according to him for a number of different reasons.  It sucks because men and women are working and not receiving enough money to sustain themselves, they are forced into debt to get things like houses which basically makes them slaves to their employers; having both men and women working leads to nobody at home to raise the kids and that leaves educational institutions to raise the children.  When the job market isn't manly men go to other outlets to find their place in manhood and masculinity.  On page 225 he says, "at the turn of the century and today- and men's sporadic interest in the body was prompted, I believe, by the collapse of the workplace as an area in which to test and prove masculinity."  Because when men can't make enough money, then it has to be about the body and muscles and superficial things (not that money isn't superficial either, just to clarify).
    I think that manhood is definitely in crisis for reasons he mentions throughout the book in short, yes... I agree.  I think that men are treated like retarded puppies that need a women to tell them what to do or else they would just be stupid, lazy, slobs that don't know how to take care of themselves.  This can be seen in a number of TV shows, commercials, and movies.  I think men get the shaft when it comes to custody over children, having to pay child support, abortion, jail sentences, domestic abuse scenarios, conscription (especially since women vote to have men die at their whim).  Last but not least I agree when William Muehl, a retired professor from Yale, when he says on page 218, "The way young women dress in the spring constitutes a sexual assault upon every male within eyesight of them."  It is along the lines of "miniskirt power, cleavage power, and flirtation power." (p.220)  that is suppressing men and is out to make them feel guilty for finding women attractive.  I could go on forever, but I'll just leave you with a few pictures.