FAMILY, LEADERSHIP IN

American men received a stinging insult from British psychologist Dr. Joshua Bierer, who described them as a “bunch of weak-kneed, lily-livered sissies.” In a previous survey made in 1964, he had judged women to be at fault and declared American women to be domineering. He explained his changed viewpoint:

Before, I thought that the women wanted to rule the country. I changed that opinion. Women are compelled to take over, not fighting to take over. I thought the men who attended with their wives some seminars I spoke at would shoot me for my remarks—but instead they all agreed with me. It’s still the fatherless society. The husbands are not husbands. All the women are crying out for a strong man and he’s just not there. [Cited by Aubrey P. Andelin, Man of Steel and Velvet [Naperville, Ill: Caroline Hse., 1982], p. 12.]491