She might as well have been roping an octopus. He simply could not sit still and be quiet. In his new book The Decline of Males, Lionel Tiger argues that I should empathize with the little guy. But these skills, believes Tiger, developed and passed down over millions of years of evolutionary adaptation, are now more a hindrance than help. It might surprise you that he is the Charles Darwin Professor of Anthropology at Rutgers University, an evolutionist who echoes what Christians have been concerned about for many years.
Men are on the decline.
Their role in society, and in the family, is less clear than ever before. According to Tiger, the key to explaining this erosion is not the influence of feminist activist groups or equal rights legislation or a decline in family values. Evolution did not prepare them, he believes, for a world of white-collar needs. Tiger offers numerous examples as proof that the power and influence of men are on the decline. Women as a group are working more and earning more.