Manliness and Civilization

"First of all, he thinks we should clearly distinguish between the public realm and private life. In public we should pursue, as best we can, a policy of gender neutrality. He firmly believes that the law should guarantee equal opportunity to men and women. However, 'our expectations should be that men will grasp the opportunity more readily and more wholeheartedly than women.'"

Christina Hoff Summers reviews Harvey C. Mansfield's Manliness in The Weekly Standard.