Are men being neutered by society?(YOUR LIFE)

In the NBC drama "Parenthood," character Joel Graham represents a growing number of American men: the stay-at-home dad whose go-getter wife brings home the bacon. On the show, Graham usually is content building furniture in the backyard and hosting play dates for his young daughter. Every now and then, his lawyer wife Julia makes a unilateral decision that leaves him angry and doubting himself.

It is a natural reaction, says Jim Wysong, author of The Neutering of the American Male. "Most men are wired to be in charge: its part of their DNA. They come into the world with a tendency toward certain masculine characteristics--for instance, a preference for building blocks over …