I both critique and rely on it a lot in my philosophy I use it throughout Sense and Goodness without God. It’s even made a lot of progress on what to do about it. Psychology has gotten a lot of things right and accumulated a vast and impressive database of good knowledge about the human mind and how it works (and doesn’t).

And l have a lot of problems with psychology as a science. Before we evaluate any purported “psychology of men,” I have to set the foundation of where I am with respect to even just psychology. Is There Really Even a Psychology?įirst, a digression is necessary. But here we dive straight into a supposed “psychology of men” offered by a man with a plan. I’ve covered similar subjects before in How to Do Men’s Rights Rightly and Jordan Peterson Is a Crank. But I was hired by a patron to review it, specifically to see (1) if my life experience jibed with what the book says (especially as a feminist and polyamorous man with a substantial relationship history to call upon), but, more importantly, (2) how it fares in light of what I deem essential principles of epistemology and critical thinking. I am always extremely skeptical of sources like this (for reasons I’ll illustrate shortly). Glover also published a book of dating advice for men (which I have not read), and pretty much runs his life as a high-priced self-help guru for men. I am here reviewing just the one book, which proposes a particular psychology of men, or at least of a particular kind of man (although it hedges on whether there even are any other kind of men but Nice Guys and ex-Nice-Guys).

It has companion guides and workbooks that go along with it, but I did not consult them. Nice Guy (in reference to the sarcastic “Nice Guy” trope), is not a peer-reviewed academic work but a pop-market advice-manual. Glover, a real psychotherapist-presumably his bio attests a PhD in family and marriage therapy and years of clinical practice, although I found no appreciable research publication history (a point that will become relevant). Today I will be reviewing a book by, about, and for men.

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