This men's liberation anthology, the most comprehensive book of its kind ever published, takes a men's rights perspective: while society is sexist toward women, society also has sexist attitudes toward men--as is evidenced by men's second-class status as parents, lack of rights when divorcing, vastly higher suicide rates, etc. If the books by Daniel Amnéus (published by Primrose press, a subsidiary of Viaticum Press International) are politically conservative, this book has a more liberal tone, with a positive attitude toward gay rights, a welcoming attitude toward women's liberation (with criticisms of feminist excesses), and an upbeat tone about men's role as parents.

This anthology, now in its fourth printing, is more timely than ever and won the "Best Book on Men's Issues" award given by The Coalition of Free Men. Endorsed by Dan Greenburg, Ed Asner, Karen DeCrow (past president of NOW), Warren Farrell, and many others, it contains writings by 50 authors, including such luminaries as Eugene August, Jed Diamond, Herb Goldberg, Arthur Winfield Knight, Naomi Penner, Jim Sanderson, and Suzanne Steinmetz. Edited by myself, Francis Baumli, Ph.D., it addresses men's liberation and men's rights. Topics include men and feelings, male depression, penis size, male midlife crisis, how prostitution humiliates men, and how men are the primary victims of pornography. Other issues examined are men and dating, how women manipulate men, men's desire for sexual foreplay, and how successful marriages are defined by playfulness. Political issues in men's liberation are examined too. Victim feminism is criticized, women's liberation endorsed. Other topics include men's image in movies and television, men and work, men and divorce-alimony, visitation, child support, mediation, child custody, joint custody. (This book's advice on joint custody is the most father-friendly you will find anywhere, with arguments that have special appeal to judges.) Father custody, and a lawyer's advice on how to get it, is discussed, along with men's rights in abortion. Men's health, macho dangers, men and birth control, men and sterility, male loneliness, men and suicide, the battered husband in domestic violence, the sexist military draft, and how handicapped men confront the macho ideal are also explored. There are also pleasant topics such as male friendship, the origins of Father's Day, the joys of parenting.

Used as a college textbook in women's studies and men's studies, this book elicits vigorous class discussion while reconciling opposing views on women's and men's liberation.