AT OUTSIDE THE WIRE, J.D. Johannes interviews the Insta-Wife’s Men On Strike. Excerpt:

Smith’s Men on Strike: Why Men are Boycotting Marriage, Fatherhood, and the American Dream—and Why it Matters (Encounter Books, 186 pages) is not a book for the timid. It is a quick paced, sharp, full-voiced counter to the books and magazine articles that “treat men and their behavior as the problem” by asking a tougher question: “What is it about our society that has made growing up seem so unattractive to these men?” . . .

Smith and Hymowitz are writing about the same demographic event, agree it will have wide ranging implications, but approach it from different perspectives. Smith takes the seemingly unprecedented step of looking at it from a man’s point of view rather than the legions of “frustrated young women.” It is a frame that will surely win Smith many critics.

Using long quotes of men from a broad cross section of the country, Smith taps into the fears and frustrations of ordinary men with voices that are rarely heard in the major press. Some men are actively ‘Going Galt’ and intentionally dropping out of the economy and marriage market, others are engaged in a “reluctant retreat.” To many these voices will be shocking only because it is the first time they are hearing a lightly filtered sample of what men think and feel.

By using the words and perspective of men, Smith’s Men on Strike is making a major contribution to advancing the understanding of an on-going social realignment and explains where some of the good men have gone.

Read the whole thing. And, of course, buy the book! It’s also available on Kindle.