As the 21st century approaches, academic researchers, journalists, professional caregivers, and other opinion makers are beginning to see a shortcoming in our discourse on class, race, and gender. We have ignored age. Marginalization of elders might feel wrong and yet be in perfect accord with ongoing discussions. The collective effort in this book is to call attention to one group of elders: older men. It is timely, acknowledging that “older men” are a distinct group of men and elders. Their gendered experiences and social lives are different from women their age as well as younger men. It is timely also to look inside the elderly male population to ...