Adams, Scott, 181
Alinsky, Saul, 145
Alkon, Amy, 177
Alpha Game blog, 20–28
American Association of University Women (AAUW), 88
American Council on Education, 68
American Enterprise Institute, 69
Art of Manliness books and website, 111, 112
assault, sexual: men and boys as victims of women’s, 44–48, 155; men unfairly accused of, xvii, 33, 86–87, 89–94, 159–161
Ball, Thomas, xxv–xxvi
Barnaby, Fitzroy, 99
Berkowitz, Peter, 89
birth rates, declining, 135–137
boys: educational system’s bias against, 69–72, 85, 102–106; raised in fatherless homes, 106; as victims of women’s sexual assaults, 45, 155
Brandeis University, 91
Brookings Institution, 69, 73, 74
Brown, Wendy, 122–123
Campfield, Stacey, 56–60
Cannold, Leslie, 136
Carnegie, Dale, 145
Census Bureau, U.S., 106
Chateau Heartiste (blogger), 126, 130–131
children, as motive for marrying, 36, 39–40
child support, men unfairly burdened by, xxiv, xxvi, 2, 11, 33, 42, 43, 45–47, 48, 136; initiated by paternity fraud, 49–64, 155, 156; legislative action to assist, 56–60; and penal consequences of nonpayment, 61–64
clubs, men’s, 112, 113–114, 115–116
cohabitation, compared to marriage, 11
college: anti-male bias in, 76–94, 116; and marriage rates of male graduates, 3; men’s groups at, 165–167; men unfairly accused of sexual misconduct at, xxvii, 87, 89–94, 159–161; Title IX’s impact on men’s sports at, 85–86; Title IX’s impact on sexual misconduct policy at, 90–92; women outnumbering men in, 65–69, 74–76, 121
Costa Concordia disaster, 119–121, 124, 172
Dawes, Robyn, 71
divorce law: men disadvantaged by, xxvi, 2, 30, 31–32, 44, 147; men’s need to gain fair settlements in, 147–149. See also family law, unfair treatment of men in
domestic abuse, men unfairly accused of, 2, 149
Dr. Helen blog, xxiii, 16–19, 52–56
Driscoll, Richard, 145
Duke University, 89
economy, men’s diminished role in, 129–130, 137–138
education: activism to protect male rights in, 158–164, 179–180; anti-male bias in institutions of, 70–71, 76–88, 102–106, 173; correlated with earnings for men, 74; correlated with marriage rates for men, 3; female students outnumbering male in higher, 65–69, 74–76, 121; female teachers outnumbering male in elementary, 106; men’s groups at institutions of higher, 165–167
Education Department, U.S., 66, 70, 87, 90–91
family law, unfair treatment of men in: and child support, 2, 11, 33–34, 42–64; fighting back against, 147–158; and men’s disempowerment in marriage, 2, 30, 31–32, 38; and men’s resistance to marriage, 2, 3–4, 31–32. See also divorce law
Farrell, Warren, xxvii–xxviii, 42, 124–125, 138, 139, 180
fatherhood, nonconsensual, 43–48, 150–158. See also paternity fraud, committed by women
Fathers and Families organization, 49, 150, 200n18
feminism: educational system influenced by, 70, 72, 77; and elimination of men from workforce, 134; feminization of men advocated by, 8, 9, 70; mass media biased toward, 144; reverse sexism of, xiii, 69, 156; social isolation of men promoted by, 118; women’s domination of men advocated by, 109–110
Forbes magazine, 124
Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), 158–160, 162–164
Galbi, Douglas, 61
Galt. See going Galt
games, online, 15
Gandhi, Mahatma, 146
Georgia: child support legislation in, 60; paternity fraud legislation in, 151, 173
girls: educational system’s bias favoring, 69–72; and Miss Representation documentary, 101–106
going Galt, xxvi, 83, 129, 168–172
Goldberg, Whoopi, 31
Heinlein, Robert, 145
Higdon, Michael, 41, 45–48, 154–156
Horowitz, David, 145
Huffington Post, 126
Internet, 7, 15, 145–146; and Alpha Game blog, 20–28; and Art of Manliness website, 111; and Dr. Helen blog, xxiii–xxiv, 16–19, 52–56; and The Frisky blog, 95, 145; and Minding the Campus website, 75, 76; and Parent Dish website, 100–101; and PJ Media website, 108
Justice Department, U.S., 92
Kimmel, Michael, 6
King, Martin Luther, Jr., xx
labor force, men’s diminished role in, 130, 132–134, 137–138
laws and legal system: and abolition of male-only clubs, 113–114; and negative impact of Title IX on men, 85–86, 90–91. See also divorce law; family law, unfair treatment of men in
Laycock, Douglas, 122, 123–124
London School of Economics, 71
Lowry, Rich, 119–120
Macnamara, Jim, 106–107, 135, 144
man caves, 117–118
marriage, men’s disempowerment in, 1–2, 11–12, 16; blog posts on, 16–19; and reproductive rights, 38; unfair family law as factor in, 2, 30, 31–32, 38
marriage, men’s resistance to: blog posts on, 16–17, 23–27; correlated with social status, 23–28; “expert” studies of, 5–10, 13–14; personal interviews on, 28–40; pornography as factor in, 26–27; sexual freedom as factor in, 14–15, 32–33, 130; statistical evidence for, 2–3; unfair family law as factor in, 2, 3–4, 31–32; video games as factor in, 26–28; women’s promiscuity as factor in, 30–32
mass media: negative portrayals of men in, 107–109, 164–165; pro-feminist bias in, 144
Maxim (periodical), 13
McKay, Brett and Kate, 112
men: advocacy groups for, 180–181; arrest rates among, 63; college attendance decreasing among, 65–69, 74–76; as communicators, 4–5; declining incomes of, 72–74; diminishment of spaces allocated to, 111–118; feminization of, 8, 9, 40, 70, 107; importance of fraternal organizations to, 112, 115–116; in labor force, 129–130, 132–134; negative stereotypes of, 6–7, 9–11, 95–111, 116, 118, 121, 122–124, 164–165; pro-feminist (“Uncle Tims”), 76, 120, 144, 164, 175–176; sexual activity of, 14–15, 23–26, 30–31, 89–94, 130; social hierarchy of, 21–26; social impact of disempowering, 126–138, 142; suicide rate of, xxv, 116; unfairly accused of sexual misconduct, 87, 89–94, 159–161; as victims of sexual assault, 44–48. See also marriage, men’s disempowerment in; marriage, men’s resistance to
metrosexuals, 107
Minding the Campus website, 75, 76
Miss Representation (documentary film), 101–106, 173
Mundy, Liza, 127
Nathanson, Paul, 41
National Center for Education, 66
National Organization for Men, 180
National Organization for Women (NOW), 43, 150
National Review, 119
Newsom, Gavin, 102
Newsom, Jennifer Siebel, 102–106
New York Athletic Club, 114
New York Times, 3, 67–68, 86, 137
New York University (NYU), 67
Paglia, Camille, 184–185
Parent Dish website, 100–101
parenting, equally shared, 128
Parker, Kathleen, 5, 96, 107, 110
paternity fraud, committed by women: child support imposed on male victims of, 49–64, 155, 156; demonstrations against, 173; legislation against, 56–60, 151, 152, 153, 154; litigation against, 150–154; men’s emotional reactions to, 51–56, 180; prevalence of, 49–50, 157; prevention of, 156, 157–158. See also fatherhood, nonconsensual
patriarchal society, positive aspects of, 184–185
Peachy, Clive, 98
Pew Research Center, 2
pickup artists, 21
PJ Media website, xxiii, 108. See also Dr. Helen blog
Planned Parenthood, 43
Popenoe, David, 14
post-feminist society, 4, 38–39
Rae, Abigail, 98
rape. See assault, sexual
Ravitch, Diane, 69
relationships, improving communication in, 146–147
reproductive rights, men’s, 38, 46–47; compared to women’s, 41–43, 64. See also paternity fraud, committed by women
Roe v. Wade, 42
Rosin, Hanna, 8–9
Rutgers University, 14
Sacks, Glenn, 3, 77, 150, 165, 181
Sax, Leonard, 6
sexism, reverse, 69, 88, 128, 156
sexuality: and college men unfairly accused of sexual misconduct, 87, 89–94, 159–161; and men as victims of nonconsensual sex, 44–48; and men’s preference for nonmarital sex, 14–15, 130; and men’s wariness of promiscuous women, 30–31; social status correlated with sexual activity, 23–27, 131; stereotyping of men’s attitudes toward, 13
Shibley, Robert L., 158–163
Smith, Carnell, xix, 49, 60, 141, 150–154, 172–173, 180
social impact of male disempowerment, 126–138, 142; and diminishment of male-allocated spaces, 111–118
Sommers, Christina Hoff, 65, 66, 69–71, 72, 84–88, 138, 184–185
Southern Center of Human Rights, Atlanta, 62
space, diminishment of male, 111–118; fighting back against, 165–167
sports, college-level, 85–86
Stanford University, 91
stereotypes, negative, of men, 6–7, 9–11, 95–111, 116, 118, 121, 122–124, 164–165
suburbanization, 112–113
Sum, Andrew, 75
Supreme Court, U.S., 113, 141, 151, 153
Tennessee, child-support legislation in, 56–60
Thompson, Dianna, 3
Trotsky, Leon, 157
Uncle Tims, 76, 120, 144, 164, 175–176
University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), 77
University of Florida, 78–79
University of Georgia, 91
University of North Carolina, 67–68
University of North Dakota (UND), 160–161
University of Oklahoma, 91
University of Tennessee, 45, 154
University of Vermont, 67
U.S. Citizens Against Paternity Fraud, 60, 152
Vachon, Amy, 128
video games, 6, 7, 20–21, 26–28. See also games, online
Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), 43
Vox Day, 20–28
Wall Street Journal, 21, 28, 89, 90, 129
Walzer, Michael, 157
Warner, Caleb, 160–161
Watson, Stanley, 151
Weissberg, Robert, 75
West, Kanye, 33
Wheelock College, 80–81
Whitmire, Richard, 6–7
Wilson, James Q., xxviii
women: and children as motive for marrying, 36, 39–40; and coverture law, 155; and declining birth rates, 135–137; high-status males sought by, 21, 36, 131; in labor force, 130; male space appropriated by, 111–112, 114–115, 117, 118; men outnumbered in higher education by, 65–69, 74–76, 121; men verbally abused by, 37–38; promiscuity of, 30–32; reproductive rights of, 41–42, 43, 64; sexual assault committed by, 44–48; ways to improve treatment of men by, 176–178. See also paternity fraud, committed by women
Woods, Tiger, 31
working class, 129–130
Yale Law Journal, 123
Yale University, 91
Young, Katherine K., 41