Summary Of 'The Closing Of The American Mind'

Over the ages, relationships have made drastic changes. From the relationships of men to women, or even parent to child. Things will continue to change as time progresses. In modern times, things have changed the way we feel and act on relationships. In The Closing of the American Mind by Allan Bloom, there are many faulty points towards relationships, and I believe that the main issues with his arguments is that they have not held up against the tests of time.
In The Closing of the American Mind by Allan Bloom, there are many points made by bloom in regards toward the relationship of men and women. One point is “So nature weighs more heavily on women.” (pg114, Bloom) where Bloom believes that women have more feeling in general towards relationships and that women are the only ones who have feelings towards their children. Then that they are more affected by these feelings over men. I however, disagree because there are many cases where men can have the same or even stronger feelings or attachment to something or someone. I feel that it is wrong to generalize the feelings of half the population. Especially in modern times where now we have a lot more ‘stay at home dads’ and the fathers are expected to play a much larger role the in the past. There are exceptions to this, but as a whole, I believe

He argues that only women have true feelings towards children, while men’s feelings are simply imaginary. I strongly disagree with Bloom’s argument because in modern day, the mother and father share an equal part in caring for their children. In my own life, I could easily say that both of my parents care a great deal about me and my father’s feelings are nowhere close to imaginary. He has been caring for me since the day that I was born, and being that he is my primary role model I know a great deal on how he thinks on aspects of his