Redefining Manhood

Book Spotlight – Redefining Manhood: A Guide for Men and Those Who Love Them

Written by Jim Pathfinder Ewing

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Recently author, Hanna Rosin predicted The End of Men: And the Rise of Women and caused a quite a bit of alarm among guys. Is she right? Is this really the “end of men” or is a new kind of man emerging? Are the old archetypes of manhood really dead or dying? And if so, can men and women navigate relationships in this rapidly changing society in which gender roles appear to be in transition?

In Redefining Manhood: A Guide for Men and Those Who Love Them, award-winning journalist and author, Jim Ewing presents a thought-provoking look at what it takes to be a man. It’s a timely book that looks at the theory that men are losing their grip and that patriarchy is crumbling. While Ewing concurs that ‘Iron John’ and ‘Wild Man’, are disappearing, he argues that these old archetypes are being replaced by men who are more able to function in our emerging new world.

Women increasingly have more education and a higher earning capacity than men. They no longer wait for Prince Charming but actively initiate relationships. They are firefighters, warriors, welders and CEOs. The role of men on the other hand is becoming muddled and confused. Many guys just don’t know “how to be.”

Ewing demonstrates how our views on manhood have become skewed and examines the kinds of societal forces responsible for those shifts. He explains how neither resorting to the masculine ‘wild man’ nor adopting a feminized version of their roles is the answer for guys. Women don’t want their men to be women, nor do they want a man who patronizes them.

In Redefining Manhood, Ewing is offering men (and their significant others) a new way of thinking about manhood in a positive way, one that is based on age-old indigenous practices. Ewing shows how new guys are compassionate, rationale, intuitive and judicious in the use of force. They do not traffic in fear and anger as means to a self-serving end, promoting patriarchy and domination, but see the world as a place of competing choices where responsibilities are shared and impacts of behavior are carefully assessed.

Ultimately, the book aims to help individuals define themselves based on spiritual and commonsense principles that have guided humankind in societies around the globe for thousands of years.