Refusing to be a man : essays on sex and justice
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Refusing to be a man : essays on sex and justice
UCL Press, 2000
Rev. ed
- : pbk
Available at 6 libraries
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Previous ed. published: Breitenbush Books, 1989
Includes bibliographical references
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Since its original publication in 1989, Refusing to be a Man has been acclaimed as a classic and widely cited in gender studies literature. In 13 eloquent essays, Stoltenberg articulates the first fully argued liberation theory for men that will also liberate women. He argues that male sexual identity is entirely a political and ethical construction whose advantages grow out of injustice. His thesis is, however, ultimately one of hope - that precisely because masculinity is so constructed, it is possible to refuse it, to act against it and to change. A new introduction by the author discusses the roots of his work in the American civil rights and radical feminist movements and distinguishes it from the anti-feminist philosophies underlying the recent tide of reactionary mens movements.
Table of Contents
Introduction to the Revised Edition. Preface. Part 1. The Ethincs of Male Sexual Identity Rapist Ethics, How Men Have (a) Sex, Sexual Objectification and Male Supremacy. Part 2. The Politics of Male Sexual Identity Eroticism and Violence in the Father-Son Relationship, Disarmament and Masculinity, The Fetus as Penis: Men's Self-interest and Abortion Rights, What is Good Sex? Part 3. Pornography and Male Supremacy The Forbidden Language of Sex, Pornography and Freedom, Confronting Pornography as a Civil-Rights Issue. Part 4. Activism and Moral Selfhood Feminist Activism and Male Sexual Identity, Other Men, Battery and the Will to Freedom. About the Essays. Notes.
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