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The protagonist of the film, Fight Club, explains his attraction to self-help groups: “When people think you’re dying, they really listen to you.” The movie indicates we should all be listening—the protagonist is dying—inside, at least. The dearth of media to come out in the past few years indicate that most men like the protagonist are in dire straits and that America should be listening to them. American Beauty stunned with world with its portrayal of Lester Burnam, who, like the protagonist of Fight Club, attempts to break free from the soulless, consumer culture that drains away his appreciation of life. Warren Farrell, in his latest book, Father-Child Reunion, postulates that men are a dying breed in American culture and that the answer is to stem the tide of matriarchal homes. The cries of the wounded American male reached Susan Faludi, who writes about a culture that drives its members to go on shooting sprees, killing coworkers, family members, and strangers: “since the shooter is always the same sex, we wonder: what does it mean about the struggles of American men?” (Faludi “Rage” 31). Faludi’s book, Stiffed: The Betrayal of the American Man, and her comments concerning Fight Club indicate