Something Is Not Right with the Boys

Sara Robinson has sparked quite a lot of good conversation with her piece on what she sees as a developing and prevalent problem:

Something is not right with the boys. Something in the way Americans look at males and manhood has gone sour, curdling into to a rank, toxic, and nasty brew that is changing the entire flavor of our culture. Men everywhere seem to be furious. Some turn it outward against women, against society, against the institutions that no longer seem to nurture them. Some turn it inward against themselves, putting their energies into bizarre self-destructive fantasy lives centered around money, violence, and sex. Some, more disenchanted than angry, check out entirely, abdicating any interest in making commitments or contributions to a family, a profession, or a community to spend their lives as perpetual Lost Boys. Together, all this misdirected, destructive energy has become a social, cultural, and political liability that we can no longer afford to ignore.

I'm working on something around this stuff now, because I think it's important to what we want to be doing here at FA, and perhaps some others can chime in on it, to. In the meantime, some good discussions about this from:

Pandagon
Shakespeare's Sister
Hugo