IEDEREEN KENT EEN NICE GUY. Misschien ben je zelf zo'n man... Een man die fantastisch kan luisteren, wiens vriendinnen vaak tegen hem zeggen dat hij zo'n aanwinst is, maar die nooit een echte date heeft op een zaterdagavond. De echtgenoot die wanhopig probeert zijn vrouw te beha…
"Sport gathers more spectators on a global basis than any other activity today, yet it is widely regarded as being outside the dominant political and social systems. Varda Burstyn challenges this view, showing not only that sport generates an elitist, masculinist account of powe…
Men and women's distinctive roles in productive activity affect their economic independence. The book uses basic economic principles to analyze the differences between men and women who are in employment, are unemployed or are non-participant in labour markets. The extent to whi…
"Women in Britain account for fifty per cent of all employed workers yet the role which they play in economic activity is distinct and different from that of men. Women are more likely than men to work part-time, to experience career breaks, and to be excluded from official stat…
Describes the concepts that are most prominent in our understanding of the modern male condition: fatherhood, aggressive, and heterosexual love ; it attempts to solve the mystery of what it means to be male.
Describes the concepts that are most prominent in our understanding of the modern male condition: fatherhood, aggressive, and heterosexual love ; it attempts to solve the mystery of what it means to be male.
Issues examined in this book include: the position of older men in society and the changes wrought in their status and roles over time; men's relationships to spouse, children, grandchildren and friends; and policyimplications.
"The first comprehensive exploration on the subject of older men, Older Men's Lives offers a multidisciplinary portrait of men and their concerns in later life. Using both a life course and gendered perspective, the contributors to this collection of original articles point out …
Issues examined in this book include: the position of older men in society and the changes wrought in their status and roles over time; men's relationships to spouse, children, grandchildren and friends; and policy implications.
This book argues that masculine identity is in deep crisis in Western culture - the old forms are disintegrating, while men struggle to establish new relations with women and with each other. This book offers a fresh look at gender, particularly masculinity, by using material fr…
This book argues that masculine identity is in deep crisis in Western culture - the old forms are disintegrating, while men struggle to establish new relations with women and with each other. This book offers a fresh look at gender, particularly masculinity, by using material fr…
This impressive array of essays considers the contingent and shifting meanings of gender and the body in contemporary Southeast Asia. By analyzing femininity and masculinity as fluid processes rather than social or biological givens, the authors provide new ways of understanding…
"Men's Violence Against Women offers a balance of clinical and social psychological theory and research, as well as prevention and intervention techniques with the purpose of understanding and ultimately ending gender-based violence. The authors address several forms of violence…
"Men's Violence Against Women offers a balance of clinical and social psychological theory and research, as well as prevention and intervention techniques with the purpose of understanding and ultimately ending gender-based violence. The authors address several forms of violence…
