In this practical follow up to Refusing to be a Man, John Stoltenberg uses a combination of case studies, autobiography, checklists and discussion points, to speak directly to men about how the social construction of manhood operates in everyday relationships and to show how these same dynamics drive the behaviour of gangs, race-hate groups, and international imperialism. Readers will find here new perspectives on intimacy, gender, and violence and be pushed to re-examine their ideas of manhood and gender identity generally. Stoltenberg's new introduction sets the book in academic context, summarising the game theory of gender which underlies all his work.

He is obsessed with her innocence. He will be destroyed by her guilt. The walls were champagne. The house was immaculate. A prosperous doctor lived there with his son and his beautiful wife. But the elegant walls hid a family's secret, a wife's shame. And one day shots rang out in the doctor's house. Suddenly Jennifer Witt was in jail, facing the death penalty. Jennifer insisted that she had not killed her abusive husband -- and she could never have killed her own son. Dismas Hardy believed her. But Hardy was only part of the defense team, and the only lawyer who continued to believe her...even as her story was torn to pieces, even as her lies came out, even as she was found guilty of murder. Now there's only one thing Jennifer can do to save her life...and she refuses to do it. So Hardy must do it for her. And in a shocking case of violence, betrayal, and lies, his only weapon is the truth... "The 13th Juror...When innocence is not enough.

The lawyer hiring the author in this matter had seen the author in action during a trial, which was the factor in their collaboration. The book is compiled with access to all the transcripts gathered during trial as well as copious notes taken during research and trial preparation. The entire book is factual, with no window dressing fiction.

The book is about three young girls that have been friends since grade school. In their junior year of school, they are giving a project for their English class. The project is for them to write pen pals. The pals are trouble children throughout the US. One of their letters gets picked up by a bad man, and he kidnaps and kills the girl. Now the police have to try and figure out who did it and why.