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A nonfiction investigation into masculinity, For The Love of Men provides actionable steps for how to be a man in the modern world, while also exploring how being a man in the world has evolved. In 2019, traditional masculinity is both rewarded and sanctioned. Men grow up being told that boys don't cry and dolls are for girls (a newer phenomenon than you might realize -- gendered toys came back in vogue as recently as the 80s) . They learn they must hide their feelings and anxieties, that their masculinity must constantly be proven. They must be the breadwinners, they must be the romantic pursuers. This hasn't been good for the culture at large: 99% of school shooters are male; men in fraternities are 300% (!) more likely to commit rape; a woman serving in uniform has a higher likelihood of being assaulted by a fellow soldier than to be killed by enemy fire.In For the Love of Men, Liz offers a smart, insightful, and deeply-researched guide for what we're all going to do about toxic masculinity. For both women looking to guide the men in their lives and men who want to do better and just don't know how, For the Love of Men will lead the conversation on men's issues in a society where so much is changing, but gender roles have remained strangely stagnant. What are we going to do about men? Liz Plank has the answer. And it has the possibility to change the world for men and women alike.
About the Author
Liz is an award-winning journalist and the Executive Producer of Divided States of Women at Vox Media where she also hosts Facebook Watch's Consider It. In 2016, she produced and hosted 2016ish, an award-winning series about the presidential election and she presented a TedxTalk, How to Be a Man: A Woman's Guide, which she is currently using to inspire her first book, For the Love of Men: A Vision for Mindful Masculinity which will be published by St. Martin's Press in 2019. Liz is amongst Mediaite's 2016 Most Influential in News Media and was ranked as one of the 50 most influential women by Marie Claire. In 2015, she was a correspondent for MSNBC's Krystal Clear and was named one of Forbes' 30 Under 30 in Media. Liz was also just named one of the world's most influential people in Gender and Policy.Liz regularly appears on national and international television programs to provide a perspective on politics, gender issues, and reproductive rights, including The Today Show, The Daily Show, MSNBC, Fox News, ABC News, Fusion, Al-Jazeera America and BBC World. Through her activism and creative approach to journalism, Liz has made it her mission to elevate the voices of those who are often not heard.
