A great book to perpetuate the gender war

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	• The Rantings of a Single Male: Losing Patience with Feminism, Political Correctness... and Basically ... Thomas Ellis Rannenberg Publishing, 2005 - 268 pages average customer review:based on 52 reviews view larger image
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A great book to perpetuate the gender war

This is a funny book, and Ellis is a great writer. Many guys will indentify with the trials and tribulations that this author went through in his quest to have sex with as many cute girls as possible on his terms.

To quote a popular religious figure: "You see the sliver in your friend's eye, but you don't see the timber in your own eye. When you take the timber out of your own eye, then you will see well enough to remove the sliver from your friend's eye."

Ellis tells his side of the story with wit and candor in these hilarious and sometimes painful interactions with women and with a society that has granted special favors to various social groups based on past historical injustices. In this book, never does he self-examine, but you will find him judging. Never does he ask himself if he has ever been paradoxical in word and deed, but is quick to point out paradoxical behavior in women. He recoils like an inflammed exposed nerve to all slights and disrespect directed at him, but never does he wonder if he has been disrespectful in his actions or attitudes towards women. He points the spotlight on books and music in the collections of his bed partners and identifies those that are threatening but never looks to see how his choice of reading material or music might be perceived as threatening for the girls he dates. He feels victimized by social policies that give advantages to certain groups of people (women and minorities) but never examines how other social policies of customs may actually give him privileges that those groups don't have.

In this book, Ellis describes bedding and/or pursuing dozens of girls on several continents, but each experience leaves him feeling short changed. I feel sad for Ellis. I imagine that this work has served the useful purpose of letting Ellis purge some of his rage so that he is more calm now and can attract better partners. I also hope that he will fall in love some day, have children, maybe even daughters and develop some compassion for women's experiences. After all, it is easy to perpetuate a gender war. They hit, you hit back. They hit again, you hit again. But ultimately war does not bring the great prize. Love and harmony between men and women which can only be achieved by inviting the other gender into the dialog, which even the most well-intentioned feminists have been guilty of, and listening with heartfelt compassion. It's time for men and women to love each other again, and for more peace and harmony on this planet. This book is a great brain dump that frustrated guys will identify with, but I doubt that it will bring men and women closer to the big prize.

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outstanding

As a new reader of books on masculinity, this book is a standout for its distilled messages. I grew up in the post-feminist era in which equality has a completely different definition for men and women. Much of this book was a reaffirmation of opinions formed during 15 years of work in a corporate environment. This book broke ground on concise explanations for gaydom as a substitution for masculinity. As a resident of the San Francisco bay area, I had my own opinions for why large crops of late 30's single women sought the company of gay men, but Mr. Ellis offered a consistent explanation: displacement of masculinity.

The motivation for much of this book does indeed to be the angst of a man that overextending himself to women out of his league and was thus overtrodden. So, even though he was passed over or dumped, much of the process of rejection he describes is felt by every man that must exceed his female partner in order to be accepted as an equal.

Overall, an amazing read.

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read my mind

This guy wrote down what I have been thinking for the past 30 years.
This is a dangerous book for feminists, who have distorted what it means to be "equal". Sadly, it will take decades for to repair the damage this movement has done, not only to men (oh yes, we can be "victims" also), but also to women.
A must read for every male...

An amazing book I wish I had written

This is a breathtaking and heartbreaking book by a man who came of age in the USA during the same period I did myself. A society that transitioned from 60's classical patriarchichal values where 6% of new mothers were "single moms" to 2007 where 50.6% of new mothers were "single moms." Many of the details of the authors' dating experiences will offend adults with traditional values but, consider reading it anyway as the author very accurately describes the world your children are facing. The subplot of his life's love "Ursula," starting as a 70s "freinds with benefits" sort of relationship up untill 20 years later when she spurns his love to become a single mom "palimony" claimant off a stranger was both unforgettably real and unforgettably sad. Don't read this book if you're under 30 because you may yet luck your way out of the sad maze in which the author is trapped, but any single / divorced man over 30, and any concerned sister, freind or parent of such a man, should read it to discover the world he faces and how sadly it has changed from the values he was raised to.

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Unlike so many other publications that approach human sexuality, feminism, and political correctness from an academic vantage point, The Rantings of a Single Male gets personal. Drawing upon encounters with both foreign and domestic women, American writer Thomas Ellis offers up this collection of highly original stories, satire, and social commentary. Running the gamut from hilarious to tragic, these rants employ dark humor to illuminate the many absurdities of our gender culture. A central theme is our willingness to nurture lower standards of female responsibility and sanity. Ellis is unapologetic and unrestrained in his handling of women's history, women's spirituality, gender norming, implants, affirmative action, rape hysteria, pornography, homophobia, and bad dates. Deep, dark, and disturbing, The Rantings of a Single Male is destined to become a gender wars classic.

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