Replacing Misandry: A Revolutionary History of Men
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| Rating | : | 4.27 (867 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0773545530 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 244 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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"There has been nothing like it to date insofar as it takes into consideration" according to Hu(man). With three hefty, important volumes of data and analysis preceding it, the fourth of five volumes in the series on misandry by Paul Nathanson and Katherine Young has been published by McGill-Queens University Press. This is in a sense more important that the previous volumes, which document the dissemination of misandry (contempt for men) by the media, the suppor. UNBLINKING. A VOICE FOR SANITY. If you have read Nathanson and Young's other works, you need to have this one as well. It is an unblinking, informative look at how relations between the sexes got to their current state--both historically and in our currently "correct" sociopolitical atmosphere. If you haven't, get this one and let it lead you to their others, beginning with Spreading Misandry. . Worthwhile read. A must read for anyone living in our times.
In the first three volumes of this series, Paul Nathanson and Katherine Young challenge theories about patriarchy that ideological forms of feminism have promoted. With both factors in mind, they trace the history of men – that is, culturally organized perceptions of the male body and its masculine functions – over the past ten thousand years. The authors define this as an identity that is distinctive, necessary, and therefore publicly valued. They show how these perceptions have evolved in connection with a series of technological and cultural revolutions: horticultural, agricultural, industrial, military, and now reproductive. Without a healthy and positive identity, two current trends will continue: giving up (dropping out of school, society, or even life itself) and attacking a society that has no room for men specifically as men, believing that even a negative identity, acted out in antisocial ways, is better than none at all.. In this volume, they argue that we must replace those misandric theories with one that takes seriously the needs and problems of boys and men no less than those of girls and women; at the same time, they add, we must maintain the reforms that egalitarian forms of feminism have promoted. This new approach sets the stage for understanding a profound and growing problem that ou
There is nothing quite like it in terms of historical sweep and analytical depth, and all imbued with humanism. This is a brilliant advance, a tour de force. The scholarship is excellent, the topic is well researched, the text is well written, and the arguments are clear, calm, and cogent.” Anthony Synnott, Concordia University and author of Rethinking Men: Heroes, Villains, and Victims