Feminism and Men. (©2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Nikki van der Gaag.
• Other Names: Van der Gaag, Nikki, 1957-
• Contents: Front cover; About the author; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; Time to change: men and feminism; Feminism and men for gender equality: together or apart?; Why write this book?; What this book brings to the debates; Touching a nerve: the process of writing; The structure of this book; 2 Beyond the Binaries: Feminism and Men; Clearing the way: a man's journey towards feminism; What kind of feminist are you?; Feminism: a four-letter word?; Why do I need feminism?; Including men in feminism: the devil is in the detail; Feminism, men and sexuality. Men's rights: feminists as 'agents of hate and corruption'Can men be feminists?; Equality and enlightenment: responses to the online survey for this book; 1 Can a man be a feminist?; 'Equality makes me happy': finding the sugar along with the medicine; 3 Shifting Cultural and Social Attitudes; Becoming a better person ... ; Everybody has a penis ... only girls wear barrettes; Puppy dog tails; Pink stinks; Red beans and hard hats; Big boys should cry; Phillip's story; Body image; Pornography: making sexism sexy; Young men who hate porn; The influence of culture and religion. Men stand up for women in CairoChanging generations, changing attitudes; 4 No zero-sum Game: Education and Health; A free human being; Standing on their own feet: why girls don't go to school; Boys just want to play?; 2 Learning achievement and progress, by gender, Vietnam; Parivartan: using sport to change boys' attitudes; Wearing a white toga: parents' aspirations; The Gender Equity Movement in Schools (GEMS) in India; 3 A university education is more important for a boy than for a girl; 'Real men don't get sick'?; 4 Suicides, women and men, per 100, 000 people, 2001-10. 5 Percentage of young people aged fifteen to nineteen who had higher-risk sex with a non-marital, non-cohabitating partner in the last year, selected countriesWorking together for gender equality; The Men's Travelling Conference: changing traditional beliefs in Africa; 'Between Us' in Brazil: for young men and young women; 5 Giving up Power? Women, Men and Work; Jobs for the girls?; Working women, working men; 6 Percentage of women in senior management around the world; Genderand the global economic crisis in the UK; Work is almost everything: the old architecture of manliness. Work is almost everything: young men and workThe 'sticky floor' -- and poor man's patriarchy; Double shift, triple burden; Fair pay for domestic work in Nicaragua; Leaning in?; From individual action to collective change; 7 When jobs are scarce, men should have more right to a job; 6 The Fatherhood Revolution?; Fatherhood and caring; The courage to raise a child; A badge of pride: paternity leave; Sweden: encouraging involved fatherhood; What women want ... ; 8 Men's and women's reports of men's participation in domestic duties, percentage; The dreaded exercise; ... and what men need. What fathers say.
• Publisher Details: London Halifax : Zed Books Fernwood Publishing
• Publication Date: 2014
• Copyright Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (246 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 305.3; Men -- Attitudes; Men -- Identity; Men -- Social conditions; Man-woman relationships; Feminism; Sex role; Women; Feminism & feminist theory; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies; Feminism; Man-woman relationships; Men -- Attitudes; Men -- Identity; Men -- Social conditions; Sex role; Women; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781780329130; 1322023840; 9781322023847; 9781780329147; 1780329148
• Related ISBNs: 178032913X; 9781552666944; 1552666948; 9781780329123; 1780329121; 9781780329116; 1780329113
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-235) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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