Is Susan Faludi right to conclude in her new book – Stiffed, serialised this week in the Guardian – that men are lost souls in search of an identity? Ros Coward argues that the Pulitzer prizewinner’s research will spark fresh discussion about masculinity

Is worrying about men the next stage of feminism? It certainly looks that way, now that Susan Faludi has waded in on the subject, joining a growing number of other feminists pondering “the crisis of masculinity”. In the UK, Fay Weldon lost friends by suggesting sex roles had inverted, while Adrienne Burgess argued against the exclusion of fatherhood from the feminist agenda. In my new book, Sacred Cows, I argue against demonising men when many women have made great gains and some men are experiencing significant losses.

Full article: http://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/sep/09/gender.uk2