Examining changing role models for masculine identity--from cowboy in the 1950s to Terminator in the 1990s, from flesh-and-blood man to machine--this book suggests that men need new role models and that sufficient room needs to be left for the expression of male vulnerability, a psychic space that would accept attitudes and behaviors traditionally labeled as "feminine." This new model, Badinter argues, may reduce the profound effects of homophobia and misogyny.
| ISBN: | 9780231084352 |
| Publication date: | 8th April 1997 |
| Author: | Elisabeth Badinter |
| Publisher: | Columbia University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 274 pages |
| Series: | European Perspectives |
| Genres: |
Gender studies: men and boys |