Communications Guru Michael Levine and Love Coach Athena Navarro
on the Modern Chasm Between Men and Women

Communications expert Michael Levine and Los Angeles-based relationship coach Athena Navarro  discussed changing gender roles and the "wall of suspicion" between modern men and women on His Side with Glenn Sacks on Sunday, October 12. Levine is the founder of Levine Communications, one of the largest public relations firms in the United States.

Topics included: Levine and Navarro's belief that feminism misjudged much of what women really want and encouraged them to fill roles which ill-suited them; the way the destruction of the old courtship rules have left men and women confused and in search of new ones; whether men should still be expected to pay for dates; and the so-called "Peter Pan Syndrome."

Glenn and his guests also discussed Levine's controversial Psychology Today article "Why I Hate Beauty ." In that Levine lamented that his life in Hollywood and constant exposure to many of the world's most beautiful women was a "curse" which left him "single and lonely" because he is now incapable of appreciating the beauty of the average woman. Glenn read part of Michael's article on the air but had to stop several times to wipe away the tears from his eyes.

To read some of Glenn's articles about gender roles and relationships, see: Should Men Still be Expected to Pay for Dates? (St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 2/14/02); 30 Years After Roe v. Wade, How About Choice for Men? (Mail &Guardian, 1/27/03); Stay-at-Home Dads: A Practical Solution to the Career Woman's Dilemma (Newsday, 5/22/02); Men, Women and Work (IFeminists, 3/18/03) ; Dowd on Women and the 'Baby Bust': It's All Men's Fault (Cybercast News Service, 4/18/02) and The Price of Fatherhood--a Father's Reply to Ann Crittenden's ‘Mothers Manifesto' (Los Angeles Daily Journal, 1/10/02, San Francisco Daily Journal, 1/10/02).