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Manhood: An Action Plan for Changing Men's Lives (Paperback)

by Steve Biddulph (Author)
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  • Paperback: 272 pages
  • Publisher: Hawthorn Press Ltd (17 Nov 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 186989099X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1869890995
  • Product Dimensions: 21.4 x 13.4 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
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Examines how men can find the joy and energy of being in a male body with a man's mind and spirit. The text tackles the key areas of a man's life: being an engaged father; love and relationships; masculinity; finding the heart at work; helping boys with school; making friends; and personal development. It aims to open new pathways to healing the past and forming true partnerships with women, and show how men can respect their inner needs as individuals.

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A clear and practical road map for men wanting to enrich their lives, and for parents wanting the best future for their sons --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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33 of 33 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An action plan for the future, 30 Dec 2003
This review is from: Manhood (Paperback)
The mens movement has received some bad press in the last few years. In this inspiring book, Steve Biddulph shows how vital and relevant the movement is to the future of all men, and to the future of the planet as a whole.

Biddulph lays out a clear path for men to follow that will lead them to greater understanding of themselves and their journey through life. In 'Seven Steps to Manhood', he offers a blueprint for improvement: Fixing it with your father, Meeting your partner on equal terms, Engaging actively with your kids, and so on. He then goes in to more detail on each idea, one chapter at a time.

The chapters are flushed out with real life stories, quotes from mens groups, myths and legends, humour and tragedy. He quickly establishes that he is not anti-feminist, rather that feminism on its own is not enough. You cannot liberate half of human beings. Most women, he argues, welcome a mens movement because women like the saner, happier and more involved men that it produces.

His main argument rests on the fact that boys in modern industrial society hardly see their dads. Boys are brought up at home by their mothers, or at kindergarten and primary school by women. Even well-meaning fathers often play only minor roles in the young man's life. As a result, boys grow up with few good role models and little strong male guidance. They base their image of men on Hollywood heroes and pop icons, with disastrous results. Boys need proper fathering and male mentoring, and this needs to continue as they move into life, work and fathering of their own.

If you're a man between the ages of 18 and 80, this book may well give you some perspective on the challenges you face in life, and some of the places to find help when life becomes difficult. And women will probably find it intersting, too.

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Everyone should read this!, 16 Jul 2000
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This book highlights the extent to which men have been conditioned to pretend and mask their emotions. Although slightly New Agey, I cannot recommend it enough to men AND women. I feel that I understand men 100% more and this can only be a good thing. They respond to a warm and caring approach and need to feel that crying is a perfectly natural and liberating experience for any human being. Another important message that came across is that today's boys are horrendously underfathered and need to spend time with good male role models in order to enjoy a fulfilling life and develop into healthy men.

Other topics include the treadmill of work (burn your tie!), relating to women and the need to make peace with your father.

Essential reading if you want to understand the male psyche and improve yourself.

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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Practical, understanding, liberating., 17 Jun 2001
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I came to this book via another of Steve Biddulph's books, RAISING BOYS, which is wonderfully insightful and directly helpful. MANHOOD is similarly practical in its advice and understanding of problems that men don't talk about. Written in a direct style - no obscurantist academedician or mystic New Age talk here - this book has opened my eyes to things I should have liked to have understood half a century ago when it would have helped me see the good in my own father and the difficulties he coped with. It's a bit late now for that but I hope it'll help me, and them, in sharing life experiences with my own three sons - and the women in their lives. To use that well-worn expression, I cannot recommend MANHOOD too highly.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A very helpful book for non-SNAGs
I read this book 10 years ago and just read it again. The context hasn't changed, if anything the situation for many men has not improved at all. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Not just for men!
This book could be entitled "Blokes - an owner's manual." It's a really enlightening book for women too. I'm a mother and wife and found it really insightful and inspiring. Read more
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2.0 out of 5 stars I was glad when it was over
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder; I guess there is a literary equivalent too. If I hadn't bought this book, I would have given up a lot earlier. Sorry. Read more
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I bought this book for my husband and he made me buy 5 more copies to give to his friends and our son. The cover is naff and doesn't suggest its content. Read more
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3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting, with a pinch of salt
An interesting perspective, and well worth the read. However, it is a little new-agey, and so you might want to take it with a little pinch of salt. Read more
Published on 28 Jul 2003

5.0 out of 5 stars A book about how to become yourself!
I cannot stress enough how rich and enlightening this book has been for me. I have bought a number of copies since reading it the first time and passed these on to all my friends,... Read more
Published on 27 Jul 2000

4.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant advice for fathers of growing boys .. read it now!
Steve Biddulph's very accesible writing paints a disturbing picture of the consequence for growing boys of fathers who are remote and preoccupied with work. Read more
Published on 27 Jun 2000

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!
A true challenge and wake up call to all men who have the courage to look at themselves, in order to transform their world around them.
Published on 8 Jun 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars I REALLY wish that all men would do the stuff in this book!
I havent read Iron John or all those books, so I dont know how it compares to those, but I found this really helpful. Read more
Published on 6 May 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars a must for any man who wants to understand the missing links
I can quite honestly say that this book has changed my life. A big, perhaps cliched remark, yet for the first time I have been able to be honest about what has been missing in my... Read more
Published on 14 April 1999

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