Hit paper, I saw some of the comments to the New Rules of Marriage piece. I wanted to recommend Mike LaSalle’s reading of the Women’s Real Man to you covers some of the subjects here. Oftentimes when men stand up to women they question their manhood. This is predictable, common and fallacious. Anyway, check out this excellent listen:
http://mensnewsdaily.com/2007/03/08/the-womans-real-man-pt-3/#comment-33901
I’m sure you will find a study from the other perspective very informative. Check out the book or audiobook “Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls” by Rachel Simmons.
It doesn’t relate to men per se, but it is a fascinating study of the methods of “alternative aggression” employed by women on each other from childhood on.
Once a man knows what he’s looking at when women attack, the sight is actually fairly pathetic.