What do you guys think of this?

There's a new book out called Manning Up: How the Rise of Women Has Turned Men Into Boys by Kay Hymowitz.

Hymowitz' argument could be summarized thusly:

1) Beginning in the 1960s, women gained the freedom to have unlimited sex and be financially independent - without getting married -- for the first time ever. Vast swathes of young women have been choosing to do just that.

2) Today, women in their 20s are far more "together" than men the same age: They are better looking, smoother, probably better educated and probably make more money.

3) As such, women in their 20s have sharply-reduced interest in getting married - and even less interest in marrying fellow 20-somethings. It's not that no woman in her 20s marry any guy in his 20s. Many do. But the percentages are way down.

4) Instead of getting married, attractive young women go out and play the field. But they don't play the whole field -- and that's the key. They generally focus on the most appealing guys: the "alpha" males. Vivacious 20-something women have little interest in drudges, unattractive guys, late bloomers, short guys, introverted guys, etc etc. As a result, roughly half of males can't get a decent date during their 20s. Hymowitz has read the work of the amateur evolutionary psychologists in the "seduction community" and appears to agree with roughly 80% of their findings: Young attractive women overwhelmingly seek alpha males. As a consequence, she writes, "beta" males have been the primary losers in the sexual revolution.

5) Beta males are the key to the whole story. A beta male is frequently a male who is trying to be a man by doing the right thing: He works hard to learn the difficult trades demanded in the modern economy; he treats women with respect and deference, he is generally sober, he spends a lot of time trying to understand prevailing political and philosophical currents. As a result, he is very unlikely to be the seductive Prince Charming that today's young women have been brought up to expect as their birthright. He just doesn't have the time - and it probably hasn't occurred to him that that's what women want. So, he loses the girl to the bad boys, the "natural alphas" and the successful guys in their 30s.

6) Women in their 30s who are still unmarried (roughly half nowadays) often begin to get the urge to marry and settle down. But the pickings are slimmer. The women are somewhat less attractive, they have fewer years of fertility remaining and the remaining single men their own age are less interested. Many men in their 30s and 40s have become bitter or dropped out of the dating scene due to years of rejection. Others have been wiped out in a divorce.

7) Hymowitz has a good discussion of the negative impact of no-fault divorce laws on the marriage landscape. Roughly 70% of divorces are initiated by women - yet women get the kids almost every time. They also get child support. Once they have the kids and the money, it's a fairly easy matter to get a restraining order on a man who wants to see his kids. Obviously there are many deadbeat dads out there. But there are also many successful men who have been raked over the coals -- and it's the successful men that women are interested in.

Copied all this from another website. Any truth in this? Bullshit? Its interesting to me.