Summary Of Where Have The Good Men Gone

The essay “Where have the good men gone” is altered from a book written by Kay S. Hymowitz called “Manning up: How the rise of women has turned men into boys”. The title provides an accurate preview to its content. Hymowitz is an editor of City Journal that writes about childhood, family issues, poverty, and cultural change in America. In this piece, Hymowitz argues that according to many studies and the opinion of young women, men are just not the way that they used to be.
Hymowitz asserts that over the years, men have devolved from being men in early adulthood to boys. She describes men actually being “men” as having a college background, careers and family by the time they are in their mid-twenties. But, in our times men in their mid-twenties

“We are sick of hooking up with guys,”(Mausner, 491). By adding this quote in the essay it shows that Hymowitz wants young women to know they are not alone in their thoughts that men are slacking on the things they are supposed to be doing. Hymowitz describes college males in the 21st century as “relatively affluent, free of family responsibilities, and entertained by an array of media.” She supports her claim by asserting that males treat women like “disposable estrogen toys” and claims that their rooms are decorated in Star Wars posters (494). Hymowitz calls this teenage-like behavior “pre-adulthood”. Hymowitz enhances her appeal to pathos by suggesting to young women reading her essay that they can relate to the issue. She displays that by quoting a female reviewer saying “I had to stop several times while reading and think: Waire, did I date this same guy?”

She lists a number of statistics that show how young women surpass men in different situations. First, Hymowitz states the fact that women graduate from college in greater numbers. Specifically, that “Americans ages 25 to 34,34 percent of women now have a bachelor’s degree but just 27 percent of men” (492). Hymowitz then gives factual evidence professors shared that women show more confidence and drive than men, are more to be in grad school, and even graduate with higher GPA’s than men. She adds that women are making bigger paychecks than their boyfriends and brothers. Even though all the information before would obviously lead to this fact, Hymowitz feels the need to acknowledge this in order to emphasize her point that women are doing that much better than