The Seven Ages of Man

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Men and women are at an historic crossroads. Post-Weinstein, anything seems possible. Finally, we have the opportunity to abandon past hostilities and forge a new and better understanding of each other. But dark forces have been amassing. Instead of seeking reconciliation, men and women are being encouraged to view each other with suspicion and mistrust. With battle-lines drawn, both sides have become increasingly polarised and resentful. The male suicide rate is soaring just as women are asking 'where have all the good guys gone?' Some men are even opting out of relationships with the opposite sex altogether. The gender roles are blurring, recriminations are flying and no one is sure where they stand. The very concept of masculinity is being sidelined and pathologised by an authoritarian orthodoxy that views straight white males as potential oppressors and women as helpless victims. This bloody conflict is being fought on many fronts, in online echo chambers, newspaper comment sections, political rallies, university lecture halls and in rootless ideological protests against vague adversaries. As ordinary men and women struggle to get to grips with the new identity politics, fourth-wave feminists battle it out with second-wave feminists and angry men's right activists, online trolls terrorise anyone they disagree with, while on college campuses young women are being warned to treat any kind of male attention with suspicion. Journalist James Innes-Smith travels to the frontline of this worrying new gender war and reveals why this is no longer simply a crisis of masculinity but a potential catastrophe with far-reaching implications for all of us