Benjamin Schwarz’s historical take on why male charm is apparently such a rare thing in the US. I am not sure if it is useful to treat charm as a well-defined, timeless character trait, as Schwarz seems to do. But an interesting line of thought nonetheless. Taken from The Atlantic’s June issue.
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/06/when-men-lost-their-charm/309303/
The Longer View 