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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808547403321

Autore

Franks Helen

Titolo

Goodbye Tarzan : men after feminism / / Helen Franks

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-136-19405-3

0-203-08480-2

1-283-84314-5

1-136-19406-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (231 pages)

Collana

Routledge library editions: Feminist theory

Disciplina

305.3/1

Soggetti

Feminist theory

Men

Sex role

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1984 by George Allen and Unwin.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

GOODBYE TARZANMen After Feminism; Copyright; Goodbye TarzanMen After Feminism; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; 1 He-man or human?; 2 Killing off the lady-killer; 3 Separating the girls from the boys; 4 Breadwinners and losers; 5 She's leaving home; 6 My heart belongs to daddy; 7 No more mother's boy; 8 Sick men; 9 Jobs for the girls?; 10 Men on the move; 11 Cherchez the chauvinist; What do women want?; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

What do men feel about the women's movement? How has it changed them, if at all? To try and answer these questions Helen Franks talked to many men and drew upon research in Britain, the US and Australia. She interviewed men from all social groups - business executives, writers, factory workers, shopkeepers - and all ages, from fifteen to fifty-nine. They included divorced men, husbands, gay men, and some who had 'swapped roles' with the women in their lives.She found some surprising results. All men, whatever their attitude to women, seem to be affected, not to say threatened, by fem