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The Culture of Sexism
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By Ignacio L. Götz
ISBN: 0-275-96566-X
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-96566-2
144 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 10/30/1999
List Price: $91.95 (UK Sterling Price: £51.95)
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Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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  • Endorsement From Douglas Brinkley
    Director
    The Eisenhower Center for American Studies:     The eminent philosopher Ignacio Götz's The Culture of Sexism is an illuminating and fair-minded investigation into the complexities of gender relationships. With scholarly detachment, Götz dissects the societal, biological, and psychological dysfunctionalism which has allowed worldwide sexism to flourish.
Description: Most contemporary analyses of sexism focus on economic, social, and political inequalities and suggest appropriate remedies. In contrast, Götz argues that sexism arises, at least in part, out of a subconscious male envy of women's capacity to receive. He refers to this as womb envy. The obvious ground of this envy is the realization by the growing boy that women have something he lacks. Götz documents this subconscious envy as reference to a variety of mythological motifs, fairy tales, and religious beliefs, including theological constructs. His study is cross-cultural, though special emphasis is placed on Western traditions. The importance of mythology, especially, is the fact that it bears witness to people's real beliefs, and that it does so for a considerably long period of time. Thus myths become a good proof of the hypothesis of womb envy. Götz also explores briefly some psychological mechanisms operative in the formation of womb envy, and he examines schooling as one institution that has perpetuated the womb envy that is so much a part of sexism. A provocative analysis, this will be of interest to the general public as well as scholars and researchers involved with Women's and Religious Studies, education, psychology, and philosophy.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Make War, Not Love!
  • Male Creativity and Female Receptivity: Some Data
  • The "Hypo-" of the "Thesis"
  • Creativity Über Alles
  • More of the Same
  • The Psychological Why of Sexism
  • Schooling and Sexism
  • Technology and Gender
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index
LC Card Number: 99-21598
LCC Class: HQ23
Dewey Class: 305
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