Glad a man said it first. On Wed, 6 Aug 1997, Robert Cherry wrote: > Max: I don't know about Hillary Clinton, but Ehrenreich's The Hearts of Men > is one of the most insightful books I have read in the last five years. It > argues quite credibly that the fifties -- whether the Beats or Playboy -- > began the assault on the idea of the responsible family man, and it was > carried thru the New Left. Whereas the media believe that the decline in > marriage rates is because women are make other choices, it may well be that > the real reason is that men are fleeing commitment. Ehrenreich's book goes > along way in explaining why the latter has been quite noticeable. > > Robert Cherry >
