Rethinking Masculinity Philosophical Explorations in Light of Feminism

by Strikwerda, Robert; Hopkins, Patrick D.; Brod, Harry; Callahan, Daniel; Clatterbaugh, Kenneth; Grim, Patrick; Gray, J Glenn; Harris, Leonard; Hopkins, Patrick; LaFollette, Hugh; Laqueur, Thomas; May, Larry; Mills, Charles; Schmitt, Richard; Seidler, Victo

• ISBN13: 9780847682560
• ISBN10: 0847682560
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-10-31
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

Essaysdiscuss masculinity and violence, research on differences between men's and women's brains, as well as impotence, sexual ambiguity, and whether black men have a moral duty to marry black women.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Sex and Social Roles: How to Deal with the Data	p. 3
Behavior, Biology, and the Brain: Addressing Feminist Worries about Research into Sex Differences	p. 21
The Enduring Appeals of Battle	p. 45
Masculinity and Violence	p. 63
Male Friendship and Intimacy	p. 79
Gender Treachery: Homophobia, Masculinity, and Threatened Identities	p. 95
Real Men	p. 119
Do Black Men Have a Moral Duty to Marry Black Women?	p. 135
Bioethics and Fatherhood	p. 161
The Facts of Fatherhood	p. 173
Fatherhood and Nurturance	p. 193
About Losing It: The Fear of Impotence	p. 211
Pornography and the Alienation of Male Sexuality	p. 237
Erogenous Zones and Ambiguity: Sexuality and the Bodies of Women and Men	p. 255
Honor, Emasculation, and Empowerment	p. 275
Are Men Oppressed?	p. 289
Selected Recent Bibliography	p. 307
Index	p. 315
About the Contributors	p. 323
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