Research Catalog

Title

The myth of male power : why men are the disposable sex / Warren Farrell ; updated introduction by the author.

Author

Farrell, Warren.

Publication

New York : Berkley Books, [2001]

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Details

Description

446 p. : ill.; 22 cm.

Summary

Challenges common assumptions about the strength and power held by men, and advocates a gender transition movement to bring about greater understanding between the sexes.

Subjects

• Men > United States
• United States
• Women > United States > Psychology
• Sex role > United States
• Men > United States > Psychology
• Men > psychology
• Social Dominance
• Women > psychology

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [426]-428) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Part I. The Myth of Male Power -- 1.. Is Male Power Really a Myth? A First Glance -- 2.. Stage I to Stage II: How Successful Men Freed Women (But Forgot to Free Themselves) -- 3.. Are "Power," "Patriarchy," "Dominance," and "Sexism" Actually Code Words for Male Disposability? -- Part II. The "Glass Cellars" of the Disposable Sex -- 4.. The Death Professions: "My Body, Not My Choice" -- 5.. War Hero or War Slave?: The Armed Prostitute -- 6.. The Suicide Sex: If Men Have the Power, Why Do They Commit Suicide More? -- 7.. Why Do Women Live Longer? -- 8.. The Insanity Track -- 9.. Violence against Whom? -- 10.. If We Cared As Much about Saving Males As Saving Whales, Then... -- Part III. Government as Substitute Husband -- 11.. How the System Protects Women, Or ... Two Different Laws We Live In -- 12.. Women Who Kill Too Much and the Courts That Free Them: The Twelve "Female-Only" Defenses -- 13.. The Politics of Sex -- 14.. The Politics of Rape -- 15.. From Husband Sam to Uncle Sam: Government as Substitute Husband -- Part IV. Where Do We Go from Here?

ISBN

0425181448 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2001268012

OCLC

• 46792833
• SCSB-11777389

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library