That he thinks so only shows that he wants to be seen as a victim. Not very manly, and not true. I think the concept should apply to both.
In any case, it's a book review, so the ideas he discusses are the authors, and I quote from the book, not the review...Further he notes, “What most of the men I work with don’t ‘get’ is that their relationship job description has changed…The refrain I hear over and over again from dissatisfied women is ‘I don’t feel like I have a real partner.’ A partner who shares in the details of domestic life and in her concerns about the kids. An intellectual partner who cares about what she thinks and supports her development. And most of all, an emotional partner who shows interest in and appreciation for her feelings and who has a few feelings of his own to bring to the table.” In other words, women want more so the direct sex must give it to them.
From the reviewer...The enduring theme of this work, which promises so much to women, revolves around men being to blame for the failure of modern relationships. It seems that we have neglected to alter ourselves to the necessary extent. If we did then we could better meet the needs of the liberated woman. Mr. Terry notes in the opening chapter that, “Newly empowered, women across America turned to men and began insisting on levels of emotional intimacy that most men—raised under the old regime—were not readily able to meet.”
The reviewer observes...Of course, there is much to disdain about The New Rules of Marriage, but what offended me most was its pervasive celebration of inequality amongst the sexes. Women want more out of relationships today so…men must give it to them. Why is that the case? In every equitable transaction, the side who asks for more must offer more in exchange. This leads us to ask, what do modern women offer men that is superior to what their predecessors proffered in the past?
...and concludes...Asking men to alter their consciousness in the hopes of accommodating women is preposterous. Such a wish should reveal to the direct sex that society’s advocacy for equality was a ruse all along; nothing but a dense smog concealing a desire for female supremacy. Rather than internalize these New Rules men should memorize a more imperative injunction: Caveat Emptor.
. That he thinks so only shows that he wants to be seen as a victim. Not very manly, and not true. I think the concept should apply to both...
You are, of course, entitled to your own opinion, not your own facts. If you have some ability to mind read what someone else thinks and wants, you're wasting it here...that you are suggests to me that you wish to attack the writer, not the thesis...you supposed high mindedness is nothing more than common demagogery.
While you may in fact think that the concept should apply to both, the author says it applies to men...as pointed out by the reviewer. I'm not sure how you intend to quote a line from a writer, yet ignore the context in which it is offered.