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The Hearts of Men: American Dreams and the Flight from Commitment
by Barbara Ehrenreich
from Anchor
Customer Reviews:
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Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 
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MEN ARE NOT MERE BREADWINNERS AND SOLDIERS 
For men who think that feminism is a threat to the male sex, this book will open eyes and minds in the same way abolition liberated white slave-owners from their barbaric addiction to controlling other human beings against their will. And for women who see feminism as a threat to families, this book will either help relieve them of their ignorance of history, or only further convince them that a woman can have no other meaningful purpose than to bear and rear children.
This book addresses the... more info
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The economy changed, and the culture had to adjust.
Ehrenreich emphasizes that the economy changed dramatically during the post war boom, and the changes in the economy eventually demanded changes in the culture. Women have always worked, but they use to work at home on a farm. Even as late as the 30s and 40s America was still heavily agricutural. But during the 50s and 60s farm life died out in America, not totally of course, but to a large extent, replaced by big industry and then computers. On a farm a woman could do valuable work, in the new world of the... more info
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duh? 
With the notable exception of the Anglo-American versions, most revolutions are premised on the belief that the existing structure of society has been artificially imposed and that by altering that structure you can remake human beings and human nature in a new image. So the French Revolution required that the monarchy and the aristocracy be discarded and expected that egalitarianism and brotherhood would follow, as day follows night; meanwhile, Marxist Revolutions suppose that once capitalism and... more info
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Two stars is overly generous
I thought that this book was well researched. That is why I was generous enough to give it two stars. However, the dryness of this novel cannot be described. This book dragged on for hours and at the end it was hard to make a point out of the book as a whole. I got as much out of the first page as I did from the middle 200. I do not recommend this book to anyone who expects a book that will not only flow well, but will also keep the reader even remotely interested.
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