When Joel Stein and his wife found out they were having a boy, he panicked. Never a "real man", he felt like he needed to learn man things so he could teach his son. This book is his account of the activities he decided pursue to feel like a real man. This includes things like camping out with boy scouts, drinking whiskey, doing a shift in a fire house, spending several days in basic training and getting beat up by Randy Couture. Some of his quests seem kind of stupid but since I'm not a man, what do I know? In the style of true confession, he tells of of each fear and worry that he has about each activity and then gives an embarrassingly honest account of how it goes for him. As you might guess, there is a bit of repetition. In the end, I think Joel realizes that there isn't a universally accepted "masculine" definition or set of required experiences any more than an area that you and I feel we are deficient. I think he is happy with the exposure he had during this experiment but also more comfortable with himself as is instead of focusing on what he is "lacking".
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