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A Man's Viewpoint: Viewing Gender Issues Through Men's Eyes [Mass Market Paperback]

Rob Mazzeo (Author), George Markham (Author)
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"A Man's Viewpoint is an invaluable contribution to relationship studies and gender issues reading lists." -- The Midwest Book Review, James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief

"I found your book intriguing and think there needs to be more communication between men and women. Rob, thanks for opening up a very interesting dialogue." -- Stephanie Carpenter, talk host, KROD-AM, El Paso, TX

"If one can ignore those occasions when Mazzeo goes overboard, his book shows that men have been the big losers in the battle of the sexes. . . . Mazzeo says social customs and the nation's laws have given women unfair advantages over men. Both men and women will bristle with anger when reading A Man's Viewpoint, whether they agree with Mazzeo's conclusions or not." -- Terry Mapes, Staff Writer, News Journal, Mansfield, Ohio

"It's really a research book that the average man or woman can read, and not feel they're reading a doctoral thesis." -- Kevin Doran, talk host, WLEA-AM, New York

"Much of what Mazzeo says is true. Men are held to a different standard than women. Men are expected to work to earn a living, women are believed to have an option. Many men are ruined by false accusations of rape and harassment, and the women making those false accusations are rarely punished. Men usually wind up on the short end of most child custody agreements, and are often used by women as a way to get rich or be taken care of. ". . . While reading this book, I shared much of what Mazzeo said with my husband who found more to agree, than disagree with, so I guess Mazzeo hit his target." - -- Shelly Moon, Staff Writer, Grand Prairie News, Arlington, Texas

"Rob Mazzeo -- He's written a book, A Man's Viewpoint. It's about time somebody did it. This is something that needs to be said. I don't see it being said by anyone else....I'm chuckling because I'm looking at all the truths -- All the things that I've been saying on the air over the last six or seven years, you've got in the book. A handy reference. A handy reference." -- Gary Nolan, talk host, RadioAmerica, Washington D.C.

"Rob Mazzeo is the author of a startling new book, titled A Man's Viewpoint, and in it he presents some pretty powerful arguments against feminism and what it's done not for but to our nation, our children, our families, our economy, and even our military.... Your book is just loaded with stories, case histories, and incidents involving people. This is not just a pedantic kind of book. It's really interesting reading. Rob, I didn't always agree with your book, but I could certainly see a lot of truth in it." -- Sue Wylie, talk host, WVLK-AM, Lexington, KY

"Rob, the point you make about sexually aggressive women in the workplace (in Chapter 15) is one that women talk about among themselves constantly, but we don't always give voice to it." -- Melanie Martin, talk host, KSFO-AM, San Francisco, CA

"Rob, your book, A Man's Viewpoint, is long overdue. It is a hip reference book and a vision. We hope you sell a gazillion copies...." -- Ted Nugent, talk host, WWBR-FM, Detroit, MI

From the Back Cover

Do Men Matter? A man's book that women will want to read and give to the men in their lives. You will discover: How men can expand gender roles that have stagnated since the 1950s. How the myth of bad man -good woman has hurt both men and women. That most American men are nurturing and not predators. That most American women are not victims but assertive, sharing partners with the men they love. That gender double standards hurt both men and women. That couples in healthy relationships share life's benefits and responsibilities. "Rather than striking out against women, Mr. Mazzeo keeps his head on straight and looks directly at the female chauvinism that has often been mislabeled as 'feminism.' . . . This book stands a good chance of attaining wide readership and popularity."-- MSA reader, New York, New York "Your thought-provoking book indicates clearly a need for the public to require that men and women share equal rights and responsibilities. A Man's Viewpoint focuses on the disparity between what men feel they are obligated to do as a result of societal tradition as opposed to what they would do in this modern age but for such tradition. We often think and speak about many of the issues raised in your book, but I know of no other literary compendium of such matters as you address with such clarity."-- Lawyer, San Diego, California

Product Details

  • Mass Market Paperback: 276 pages
  • Publisher: Viewpoint Pub (May 1, 1998)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 096606660X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0966066609
  • Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,607,344 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars For afficionados of the movement rather than beginners., January 10, 2000
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Martian Bachelor (Feminacentric America) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A Man's Viewpoint: Viewing Gender Issues Through Men's Eyes (Mass Market Paperback)
As someone else said in a review of another book, it's symptomatic of where we are in the gender debate these days that you have to be a woman to critique feminism. A man who has the audacity to do so is immediately labeled "angry" or "bitter" or some such discount. That men even have a valid viewpoint, much less a right to have it, is hardly on the radar screen. The so-called debate is really a monologue, with women laying out to men how it's gonna be: their way or the highway. It's as if these things only affect women.

Consequently, powerful and privileged women get juicy book deals with big publishers and teams of editors and researchers, while qualified men like Rob Mazzeo are left trying to find some out-of-the-way publisher in more of a do-it-yourself effort. It wouldn't be the first time: many other books expressing a male viewpoint read as if they came out of an underground press. (Zubaty's "Surviving the Feminization of America" comes to mind.) This alone is a powerful testament to men's second class status. Heck, Jack Kammer's excellent "If Men Have All the Power, How Come Women Make the Rules?" is only available in digital form on the I-Net.

If you can get past the effects of these things on a book (numerous typos, many commas in the wrong places, sections which need re-writing or at least serious editing, etc.) Mazzeo's book is quite good at living up to its title. It's as long on content as it is short on polish.

While some of Mazzeo's phraseology is lifted directly from Warren Farrell's work, especially "The Myth of Male Power" (sadly without attribution), and much of what's said here will be more or less familiar to anyone well-read in the men's rights genre, there is a unique angle that the author brings to bear on the topic. Plus there are tons of real-life stories from what must be a quite extensive news clippings file (20 pgs of footnotes). It's hard to think of another book which argues so strongly for the need for fairness towards men and for men's equality with women on such a wide gamut of topics.

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