The Problem with Men

The Problem with Menicon

Insights on Overcoming a Traumatic Childhood from a World-Renowned Psychologist

by Dr. Ronald F. Levant, Alisa Bowman

Publisher
Koehler Books
Publication
Aug 27, 2024
Format
Paperback/Softback
Illustrated
No
Price
19.95
Dimensions
6 x 9
ISBN
979-8-88824-430-2
Pages
304
Age
Adult 18+
Category
Biographies & MemoirsGeneral NonfictionPsychology

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Description

Why do men commit acts of violence, struggle to talk about their emotions, misuse their power, or take risks with their health? The Problem with Men offers a surprising answer. Dr. Ron Levant, a world-renowned psychologist, has spent his career trying to understand men like his abusive father as well as his own perplexing behavior. Using his lived experience as the backdrop, Levant takes readers on a gripping and, at times, heartbreaking journey of discovery, providing a rare front-seat glimpse at acid tests, threesomes, communes, state psychiatric institutions, jails, encounter groups, therapy sessions, wayward youth programs, fatherhood courses, and Berkeley protest movements. With grace, honesty, and insight, Dr. Levant reveals his own struggles to overcome his upbringing and become a better man in his quest to help readers understand the societal forces that shape men for the better-and the worse.

Awards & Endorsements

Award
"Read this if you feel like you have made too many mistakes to become something amazing." -Shana Pryor, PhD, psychology fellow, LT, MSC, USN, Naval Hospital Okinawa, Japan "Epic story of overcoming setbacks and achieving success. Amazed at how much detail Dr. Levant remembers going back to his early childhood." -Martin H. Belsky, JD, dean and professor emeritus of law, the University of Akron "Tells the remarkable story of a life of activism, research, and social contribution by an eminent psychologist and founder of the psychology of men, offering some life-lessons in resilience for all of us." -Joseph H. Pleck, PhD, professor emeritus of human development and family studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign "This is an important narrative about interrupting the family cycle of violence and abuse. Trauma is too often passed down from father to son and then on to the next generation until someone like Ronald Levant gains the information and courage needed to end it." -Christopher Kilmartin, PhD, independent consultant, professor emeritus of psychology, University of Mary Washington

Author(s)

Dr. Ronald F. Levant

Dr. Ronald F. Levant

Dr. Ronald F. Levant is professor emeritus of psychology at the University of Akron and past president of the American Psychological Association (APA). Dr. Levant is one of the key people responsible for creating the new field of the psychology of men and masculinities, and his work led to the phrase "toxic masculinity." The Elsevier-Stanford University database ranks him among the top 2 percent of scientists in the world.

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