Fukuyama on Faludi

[Carrol Cox]

There is  a fairly large scattering of journalist's books that are useful
(Pictures at an Execution, Joan Smith's *Misogynies*, Faludi's
first book) in the information they contain but spread (as Michael
says) a good deal of psychobabble in their attempts to "explain"
what they describe.

Carrol

Michael Hoover wrote:


> Doug:
> > Wall Street Journal - September 24, 1999
> > THE BETRAYED GENERATION
> > By Francis Fukuyama
> > Susan Faludi
> > her new book,
> > "Stiffed,"
> > After countless interviews with men, she was led, as the book's
> > publicity materials inform us, to a "surprisingly empathetic" view of
> > modern males and the realization that the baby-boom generation of men
> > has suffered a huge betrayal.
>
> I haven't read Faludi's book and I'm unlikely to do so, but I saw
> her on Chris Mathews' (think that is his name) misnamed show *Hard
> Ball* (CNBC? MSNBC?) a few nights ago.  I came away with this
> bit of pop-psychobabble:  male boomer (what a hideous term), by
> which she appears to mean white middle-strata, support for current
> imperialist military adventures/wars/interventions is attempt to
> reconnect with their fathers and/or overcome their feminized lives.
> Yuck!   Michael Hoover