The War Against Boys [Unabridged] [Audio CD]

Christina Hoff Sommers (Author), Susan O'Malley (Narrator)

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks; Unabridged edition (November 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786198168
• ISBN-13: 978-0786198160
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 6.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,181,850 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars About time someone said it, September 16, 2001

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Laurence Killen (Sugar Hill, GA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The War Against Boys (Audio CD)

I will sum up the gist of Ms. Sommers and O'Malley's excellent book this way:
About a year ago, I was watching a nature show about a preserve that rescued elephants. Often rescued were pregnant mother elephants of those with young calves when the father elephant was killed by poachers. As the young male caves reached elephant adolescence, they became particularly problematic, in that they were becoming bullies and could no longer be controlled by their mothers. Hormonal changes seemed to make them aggressive and they began to operated in a street gang mode, attacking and mauling females and younger males. Knowing that this phenomena did not occur in nature, the park brought in mature male elephants and discovered that the fathers presence resulting in "teaching the adolescence pachyderms" how to be responsible males. The older males curbed the errant behaviors and acted as role models, showing the "teens" how to channel their maleness. The linkage in this show was never made to that far more complicated species - humans. That is a nutshell is what the excellent book addresses.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars About time someone said it, September 16, 2001

By 

Laurence Killen (Sugar Hill, GA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The War Against Boys (Audio CD)

I will sum up the gist of Ms. Sommers and O'Malley's excellent book this way:
About a year ago, I was watching a nature show about a preserve that rescued elephants. Often rescued were pregnant mother elephants of those with young calves when the father elephant was killed by poachers. As the young male caves reached elephant adolescence, they became particularly problematic, in that they were becoming bullies and could no longer be controlled by their mothers. Hormonal changes seemed to make them aggressive and they began to operated in a street gang mode, attacking and mauling females and younger males. Knowing that this phenomena did not occur in nature, the park brought in mature male elephants and discovered that the fathers presence resulting in "teaching the adolescence pachyderms" how to be responsible males. The older males curbed the errant behaviors and acted as role models, showing the "teens" how to channel their maleness. The linkage in this show was never made to that far more complicated species - humans. That is a nutshell is what the excellent book addresses.

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars About time someone said it, September 16, 2001

By 

Laurence Killen (Sugar Hill, GA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The War Against Boys (Audio CD)

I will sum up the gist of Ms. Sommers and O'Malley's excellent book this way:
About a year ago, I was watching a nature show about a preserve that rescued elephants. Often rescued were pregnant mother elephants of those with young calves when the father elephant was killed by poachers. As the young male caves reached elephant adolescence, they became particularly problematic, in that they were becoming bullies and could no longer be controlled by their mothers. Hormonal changes seemed to make them aggressive and they began to operated in a street gang mode, attacking and mauling females and younger males. Knowing that this phenomena did not occur in nature, the park brought in mature male elephants and discovered that the fathers presence resulting in "teaching the adolescence pachyderms" how to be responsible males. The older males curbed the errant behaviors and acted as role models, showing the "teens" how to channel their maleness. The linkage in this show was never made to that far more complicated species - humans. That is a nutshell is what the excellent book addresses.