The relation between feminism and men is often presumed to be antagonistic, so that men are expected to resist feminism, and feminists are assumed to hate men. That pattern of opposition is disrupted, however, by the continually increasing numbers of men who are participating in feminist theory and practice, trying to integrate feminist perspectives into their scholarship, teaching, work, play, friendships, and romantic involvements. Responses to this male feminism have varied. The 18 contributors to this book - women, men, blacks, whites, gays, straights, transsexuals - use personal narrative to show ways that men's lives can shape their approaches to doing feminism and to convey the opportunities and challenges involved in integrating feminism into a man's life.
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Tom Digby has put together a fine volume of diverse voices on the question of males doing feminist thought in the U.S. Avoiding the pitfalls of naive identity politics and standpoint escapism, the contributors explore the topic as a set of problems through which theoretical, political, moral, and existential commitments can be forged..
–Lewis R. Gordon, Brown University
The wonderfully diverse entries in this volume investigate the tensions between feminism and manhood, engaging the personal and the political, the moral and the epistemological. The authors' explorations of the strengths and weaknesses of male subject position challenge simplistic interpretations both of the subject/object distinction and of epistemologies based directly on social identities. This collection makes an original and substantive contribution to feminist theory..
–Alison M. Jaggar University of Colorado, Boulder
Being written by men and women, straights and gays, transsexuals, and people of different ethnic and racial backgrounds, these essays represent varied responses to the question of men doing feminism... which makes it an extremely valuable collection.
–Christine R. Metzo, University of Kentucky
–Lewis R. Gordon, Brown University
The wonderfully diverse entries in this volume investigate the tensions between feminism and manhood, engaging the personal and the political, the moral and the epistemological. The authors' explorations of the strengths and weaknesses of male subject position challenge simplistic interpretations both of the subject/object distinction and of epistemologies based directly on social identities. This collection makes an original and substantive contribution to feminist theory..
–Alison M. Jaggar University of Colorado, Boulder
Being written by men and women, straights and gays, transsexuals, and people of different ethnic and racial backgrounds, these essays represent varied responses to the question of men doing feminism... which makes it an extremely valuable collection.
–Christine R. Metzo, University of Kentucky
About the Author
Tom Digby teaches philosophy at Springfield College. His articles on feminist theory and other subjects have been published widely and he serves on the executive board of the Society for the Study of Women Philosophers and has also been active in the Society for Women in Philosophy.
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- Men in Feminism by Alice Jardine on 12 pages
- Refusing to be a Man: Essays on Sex and Justice by John Stoltenberg on 7 pages
- Rethinking Masculinity: Philosophical Explorations in Light of Feminism (New Feminist Perspectives) by Larry May on 5 pages
- Vested Interests: Cross-dressing and Cultural Anxiety by Marjorie Garber on 4 pages
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- Men Engaging Feminisms: Pro-Feminism, Backlashes and Schooling (Feminist Educational Thinking) by Bob Lingard on 6 pages
- Line Drawings: Defining Women Through Feminist Practice by Cressida J. Heyes on 4 pages
- Responding to Men in Crisis by Brian Taylor in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Feminist Geography in Practice: Research and Methods by Pamela J. Moss in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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