The Betrayal of Modern Man.
Follows 'Backlash'.
At the end of the millennium Susan Faludi finds that men just as much as women are at the mercy of cultural forces that distort their lives and plague our culture. 'Stiffed' examines men whose sense that they've lost jobs, skills, roles, wives and a secure future is only one symptom of a wider betrayal.
Faludi takes us from the shuttered shipyards to the mass lay-offs of the defence industries, from Hollywood action heroes to gang-torn streets, from militia men to Promise Keepers, praying husbands to male porn actors. Uncovering the economic, cultural and political roots of the crisis Faludi also puts herself in their shoes, and gives real men in a tough world the chance to talk back.
