Ask Dr. Helen: Are Men Who Lose their Jobs Really ‘Addicted to Success’?
Who was it referred to “America’s love affair with the Bitch Goddess success”? I know the phrase The Bitch Goddess success came from D.H. Lawrence in Lady Chatterley’s Lover but would be interested to know who added the love affair bit.
I’ll bet it was a psychiatrist. Men in the English speaking nations are falsely accused of being addicted to material success. In fact a lot of pressure was put on us by the status conscious system we lived in. A man is judged by what he owns, not as formerly by his wisdom, the skill in his hands, his contribution to the community and those things which prove true worth.
Back off Dr. Helen, not every problem in the world is the fault of middle class white men. After all it was not just men who wanted to live in desirable suburbs, drive new cars and dress the kids in designer clothes. If you know what I mean…
