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SUMMARY:July Book club
DESCRIPTION:  It is book club time again. Please feel free to join us 
	even if you have read only part of the book. Please note: we have chan
	ged the book club from monthly to every other month. If there is a pre
	ssing article\, we can set aside time to discuss it - as I can inform 
	members ahead of time. This month we are reading The Decline of Men: H
	ow the American Male Is Tuning Out\, Giving Up\, and Flipping Off His 
	Future--and Why Everyone Should Be Worried by What's at Stake by Guy G
	arcia. This is the description per Goodreads (www.goodreads.com): Why 
	are so many of today's supermen superclueless? Why are so many ambitio
	us young women unable to find boyfriends as successful and independent
	 as they are? Why do so many men prefer the escapist digitized world o
	f SPIKE TV\, Jackass\, and Grand Theft Auto to the reality of their ow
	n lives? In an eye-opening exploration of contemporary American manhoo
	d\, The Decline of Men shows how men are struggling to redefine what b
	eing a man means in today's world. Their confusion has led to rampant 
	male malaise\, which has left many men feeling alienated and disconnec
	ted. Unable to communicate their frustrated thoughts or emotions effec
	tively\, too many guys are slacking off and opting out of their manly 
	obligations\, producing an entire generation of men who are ditching t
	heir own potential and failing the moms\, wives\, and girlfriends who 
	love them. The Decline of Men is a wake-up call to this distressing st
	ate of affairs. As award-winning journalist Guy Garcia reports\, rathe
	r than working hard to achieve top grades or a promotion at work\, too
	 many American males squander their energy tracking their fantasy foot
	ball league scores or mastering the latest video game. Men drop out of
	 school at a far higher rate than women and are far likelier to die ea
	rly because of poor health habits. Even the male Y chromosome is said 
	to be at risk of disappearing altogether one day. Packed with startlin
	g statistics\, informed by pop culture\, and narrated in the entertain
	ing style for which Guy Garcia is known\, The Decline of Men sheds lig
	ht on a problem that has wreaked havoc on the American family and urge
	s men and women to look past the gender wars to address this national 
	emergency together.\n
LOCATION:Postal code 60622\, United States @ Chicago, Illinois 60622 U
	nited States
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