Self-Made Man

One Woman's Year Disguised as a Man

De: Norah Vincent

Narrado por: Barrie Kreinik

Duración: 9 h y 6 m

Resumen del Editor

A journalist’s provocative and spellbinding account of her eighteen months spent disguised as a man.

Norah Vincent became an instant media sensation with the publication of Self-Made Man, her take on just how hard it is to be a man, even in a man’s world. Following in the tradition of John Howard Griffin (Black Like Me), Vincent spent a year and a half disguised as her male alter ego, Ned, exploring what men are like when women aren’t around. As Ned, she joined a bowling team, took a high-octane sales job, went on dates with women (and men), visited strip clubs, and even managed to infiltrate a monastery and a men’s therapy group. At once thought-provoking and pure fun to read, Self-Made Man is a sympathetic and thrilling tour de force of immersion journalism.

Copyright © Norah Vincent 2006. Recorded by arrangement with Viking, an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC. Produced and published by Echo Point Books & Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont.

©2006 Norah Vincent (P)2024 Echo Point Books & Media, LLC

I am glad that men have a voice within the feminist movement; albeit, all that men ever want is peace.

I think Norah did a great bit of research to get to a position where she could certainly help be a voice for men. Her efforts are extraordinary within the scope of what she did. I think it is only fair to add that her experience is only a portion of a bigger picture because she was only able to tread within a safe parameter. There was a point in her book where she had to choose between the monastery, the military, or the penal system. I think if she had gone to the other two she would’ve certainly been shocked at what she would come to experience there. Additionally, she was only able to explore men in the US, traveling abroad would’ve been a great addition; but would’ve certainly come a greater cost. At the end of the day- men- men just wish to be heard and be at peace and I wish that women could just forego their own emotions and experience and just listen.