{"product_id":"shadows-of-power-kevin-w-brown-9781918171549","title":"Shadows Of Power","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShadows of Power is a sweeping and provocative exploration of how gender roles have shifted over the past four centuries and the consequences we're still reckoning with. While women have risen in education, leadership, and social influence, men are increasingly left behind struggling in silence with mental health, academic failure, economic instability, and a collapsing sense of purpose. Through a lens sharpened by history, sociology, and cultural insight, Dr. Kevin Brown maps the long arc of male dominance and its steady unraveling. He revisits the forgotten women who defied erasure, the rigid systems that upheld patriarchy, and the urgent crises that now engulf boys and men in today's society. This is not a story of winners and losers it is a warning, a reflection, and a roadmap; because the future of any society is not built on the rise of one gender, but on the healing of both.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is not an attack on progress, feminism, or gender equity. Quite the opposite. It is a call to deepen that progress by widening our lens, by recognizing that systems that once suppressed women also rigidly confined men. The same patriarchal blueprints that denied women education and opportunity also taught men to bury emotion, equate worth with dominance, and fear vulnerability. These systems no longer serve anyone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom classrooms to prisons, boardrooms to family homes, Shadows of Power challenges readers to confront uncomfortable truths about gender, privilege, and power, while offering insights into what families, educators, and policymakers can do to help men thrive in a changing world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy This Book Matters\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eParents of sons\u003c\/strong\u003e will find critical guidance on the challenges their boys face.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWives and partners\u003c\/strong\u003e will better understand the pressures shaping men's mental and emotional health.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSchools and educators\u003c\/strong\u003e will discover how gender gaps in education are reshaping classrooms.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCriminal justice and policymakers\u003c\/strong\u003e will gain insights into cycles of poverty, trauma, and incarceration.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWorkbook Included with the book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kevin W. Brown\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1918171548\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781918171549\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Book Publishing Pulse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/25\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 226\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d","brand":"Kevin W. Brown","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47520886194431,"sku":"9781918171549","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_af077267-6dde-464b-beda-8df963121848.jpg?v=1762887571","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/shadows-of-power-kevin-w-brown-9781918171549","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}