Off-Message But Quotable Nevertheless

In the process of fashioning a more female-friendly world, we have created a culture that is hostile towards males, contemptuous of masculinity and cynical about the delightful differences that make men irresistible, especially when something goes bump in the night.

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The exemplar of the modern male is the hairless, metrosexualised man and decorator boys who turn heterosexual slobs into perfumed ponies. All of which is fine as long as we can dwell happily in the Kingdom of Starbucks, munching our biscotti and debating whether nature or nurture determines gender identity. But in the dangerous world in which we really live, it might be nice to have a few guys around who aren’t trying to juggle pedicures and highlights.

What's that? Who's the embittered male who wrote that Neanderthal screed? That would be columnist Kathleen Parker, and the above is an excerpt from her new book, Save the Males: Why Men Matter, Why Women Should Care.

Read the full excerpt here.

(Our thanks to the always indispensable Arts & Letters Daily for the link.)