This is thinking in public, a program dedicated to intelligent conversation about

front-line theological and cultural issues with the people who are shaping them.

I'm Albert Moller, your host and president

of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

in Louisville, Kentucky.

Dr Helen Smith is a forensic psychologist,

a well-known writer who has written for a variety

of publications publications including the

Los Angeles Times and the Christian Science Monitor. She holds a PhD in the

University of Tennessee and master's degrees from the New School for Social

Research and the City University of New York.

She's a widely quoted commentator, a frequent spokesperson in the media, and she's also a very active

blogger.

She's also the author of a very important new book entitled Men on Strike, Why Men are

Boycodding Marriage, Fatherhood, and the American Dream, and why it matters.

Dr. Helen Smith, welcome to thinking in public.

Thank you so much for having me on.

You know this is a topic that you announced so clearly in the title of your book and there's an

elegant simplicity and directness to that, but I'm going to ask you the same question I

asked almost every author on this program.

Why did you write this book?

Well, I love this book because there's a lot of books out there and they're all about

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