War on men analysis

The Mythical ‘war on men’ and The war on men are to opposing arguments to the same idea. And in fact The Mythical ‘war on men’ is a rebuttal to The war on me. The idea that these two articles are discussing is the cause of Feminism on men and female attitudes and how feminism has affected the workplace.

The war on men was interestingly written by a woman, Suzanne Venker. This side of the argument claimed that feminism and new world female attitudes have caused a decrease in men that want to get married. Venker also claims; “Men haven’t changed much – they had no revolution that demanded it – but women have changed dramatically.” This statement seems to point the blame at the women, instead of men, for this change. This statement was surprising, especially coming from a woman. A woman making a bold statement such as, “what if the dearth of good men is… women’s fault,” makes the statement much more believable and in my opinion more valid. Venker has validity in what she says however I don’t believe that she is completely right. Men can take care of themselves and do not need women to surrender to them, like she says near the end. Men just need to stick up for themselves and not fall into the control of women like Venker claims most men do.

Micheal Kimmel, author of The mythical ‘war on men’, strongly disagrees with Venker and does so aggressively I feel like. I feel like his argument is valid as well, however is very defensive. This response was publish only three days after the first and was an obvious rebuttal. In this article Kimmel claims; “Men aren’t nearly as unhappy or resentful as Venker suggests… Truth is, in her efforts to exalt men, she actually insults us.” Kimmel takes Venkers article as an “insult”, which is an interesting approach that I did not see when I read it the Venker’s article, however I it see now. 

Both of these arguments have both valid and logical points to support their side but at a reader I would support Suzanne Venker’s The war on men.