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Explores the motives and consequences of voluntary childlessness from a man's perspective.

Table of Contents

Preface
Not to Be a Father?
Personal Development
Relationships
Work and Money
At Home
Avoiding Mistakes
Not Liking Kids
Early Retirement
Avoiding Stress
Staying the Way We Are
Mixed Feelings
Men and Overpopulation
The Father Connection
To Sum Up
Appendix
References
Index

About the Author

PATRICIA LUNNEBORG is a former Professor of Psychology and Adjunct Professor of Women's Studies at the University of Washington. She has published more than 100 scholarly articles and is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (Counseling Division). Since her retirement, she has written several books, including Women Changing Work (Bergin & Garvey, 1990) and Abortion: A Positive Decision (Bergin & Garvey, 1992).

Reviews

"There is something in this book that every man can relate to, and every man should read it--with or without his partner."-Jerry Steinberg Founder of the non-profit social club, NO KIDDING!

"This book fills an important gap in our understanding of men, their feelings, motivations, and reasons for staying childfree. Patricia Lunneborg has let us see the real men behind the public silence on the topic of reproductive choice for men: they are not 'selfish'--but they are conscious of what makes life meaningful for them....Read this book and you will get insights about gender, lifestyle, and masculinity that you never had before."-Pepper Schwartz Professor of Sociology University of Washington Author of Love Between Equals, What I Learned about Sex

?Lunneborg's book makes a strong contribution to the narrative literature on motives to remain childless.?-Contemporary Sociology

?The results [of this book] hold substantial interest, for they tell us not only about men's experiences of childlessness, but also about the great gap between the experiences of childfree' men and women.... For the social scientist the study provides an eye-opening look at an underexamined subject and suggests a wealth of hypotheses to guide future research.?-Population and Development Review

"The results Ýof this book¨ hold substantial interest, for they tell us not only about men's experiences of childlessness, but also about the great gap between the experiences of childfree' men and women.... For the social scientist the study provides an eye-opening look at an underexamined subject and suggests a wealth of hypotheses to guide future research."-Population and Development Review

"Lunneborg's book makes a strong contribution to the narrative literature on motives to remain childless."-Contemporary Sociology

"The results [of this book] hold substantial interest, for they tell us not only about men's experiences of childlessness, but also about the great gap between the experiences of childfree' men and women.... For the social scientist the study provides an eye-opening look at an underexamined subject and suggests a wealth of hypotheses to guide future research."-Population and Development Review