Reddit mentions of The Boy Crisis: Why Our Boys Are Struggling and What We Can Do About It

The book itself it a hack-job hit piece on men, and Ben Sixsmith's review – which is what's linked – is a great takedown of Plank's "work."

If anyone is interested in further reading regarding actual masculinity and what men face today, here's a small reading list:

• King, Warrior, Magician, Lover: Rediscovering the Archetypes of the Mature Masculine, by Robert Moore and Douglas Gillette [Both of these two gentlemen work is generally worth reading but this is the best breakdown of the positive and negative sides of masculinity that I've found. It also equipped me to start tackling my own masculinity in earnest; especially once I had the "immature masculine" models laid out before me in this book.]
  
• The Boy Crisis: Why Our Boys Are Struggling and What We Can Do About It, by Warren Farrell PhD and John Gray PhD. [Don't let the title mislead you; Farrell does an excellent job of identifying the overarching issues facing men today and from where they seem to stem. His use of "you're son" in the place of a proverbial "you" takes some getting used to, but it is every bit an eve-opening, depressing, motivating, and forthright read. This was tied for the top of this list with 'KWML. The importance of a present and engaged father cannot be ignored any longer.']
  
• The Myth of Male Power, by Warren Pharrell PhD. [Another hard-hitting contribution from Farrell, this entry challenges the dogma of the entire concept of a patriarchy an does so well-armed with stats, studies, and facts. Men being indoctrinated into being expendable with the illusion of gaining/having power could be (I believe it's VERY likely) a huge contributor to the increasing plight of men in western societies, despite the deluge of rhetoric claiming men are so powerful they oppress everyone else.]
  
  I may even make a separate post for this because it's very important to me. I am in the middle of researching and writing a book that, I hope, does what Plank's drivel claimed to do. The materials here are just a few selections I've come across in my research. Maybe I can elaborate more on my work if I make a more comprehensive 'recommended reading' post re: masculinity. I'd love to see more discussion around this as I believe it's exactly the kind of thing to tackle in a community like this.

I would love some sort of reading discussion or book club on relevant books, articles, research, aimed at helping to parent with the values of inclusion, diversity and equality. There’s a lot of outdated “advice” and “wisdom” that is out there in the form of parenting advice books. I have found it challenging to find resources that align with the kind of post-toxic masculinity, pro-feminism values that speak to me and that I see discussed on r/MensLib. With my kid quickly reaching the end of the toddler age, it almost feels like being a first-time parent again with all the new things to figure out. Just as I finally have mastered everything there was to raising a baby and toddler, and now there’s this kid in the house who is strong, and loving, but has opinions and a fierce will, and I don't know how to nurture that yet.

There's a book called Boy Crisis that I heard a talk about at my UU church, and I’ve been meaning to read it. Might be a good start, although it doesn’t seem like light reading!