Glenn Sacks

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Glenn Sacks (* 1963 ) is an American columnist and presenter who mainly deals with men's and father issues. He describes himself as the defender of American men . He lives and works in Los Angeles , is married and has a daughter and a son.

Life

After working as a carpenter, he attended the University of California and began studying Latin American studies , which he completed with a master's degree . He has taught in Miami high school , elementary school, and adult education, as well as the public school system and schools of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles . During his tenure as a high school teacher, he was listed in 1996 and 1998 on the list of American teachers ("Who's Who Among America's Teachers").

job

As a radio presenter, he reports regularly - including on his radio talk show His Side with Glenn Sacks - on topics that are interesting or relevant for men and on activities of the men's movement .

engagement

His lobbying work in the field of boy politics is particularly well known. Sacks shows in his programs and columns u. a. points to the lack of support and needs perception of boys in school and calls for essential steps for a "boy-friendly school" or takes a stand against boy-hostile advertising in America.

Legendary in his argument for a school policy that takes boys better into account is the use of a quote from Bertolt Brecht that criticized the GDR government. In the Start of School very different for parents of boys, parents of girls column , Sacks wrote:

“The educational institutions have noticed the crisis in boys 'education, but react in a nostalgic way that is reminiscent of the famous poem Bertolt Brecht, with calls for reforms or the dissolution of the unpopular government in the GDR: Since reforms are too difficult,' would It couldn't be easier, the government dissolved the people and chose another '. "(based on the poem The Solution from the Buckower Elegies )

His column Michael Moore, You Used to Be My Hero , is also well-known , in which he criticizes Michael Moore and what Sacks saw as a distorted accusation of perpetrators against men.

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personal data
SURNAME Sacks, Glenn
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American columnist and presenter
DATE OF BIRTH 1963