This work assesses with scholarly scrupulousness and irreverent wit the ways in which the American male is being blamed castigated slandered emasculated and just plain harassed for a multitude of crimes and sins because of a single trait maleness. From cradle to grave public policy and the teachings of the groves of the academe are increasingly shaped by an antimale bias. Chapters examine the ways in which American men and maleness are punished in childhood in school in history texts in language in the wallet in religion and even in recreation.Although the books tone is often light the subject is a serious one that the mainstream media often avoids. The Politics of American Feminism debunks dated myths defends individual liberty against feminist assaults offers an impious take on the narrow focus of the womens movement and has as a central premise that not only are men essential to the health of the nation and the survival of the species but they also have a few salutary qualities as well.