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Men Who Believe in Feminism
Amanda Goldrick-Jones
Book Code: C6822
ISBN: 0-275-96822-7
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-96822-9
224 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 11/30/2002
List Price: $98.95 (UK Sterling Price: £57.95)
Availability: Print on demand
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • [T]his appreciative account of men's campaigns for women's liberation nicely complements the flurry of memoirs and histories of modern feminisms and fills a gap in what we know about social movements and gender since the 1970s. Recommended. General collections and upper-division undergraduates and above.
    —Choice     July/August 2003
  • [T]he author has tackled a relatively unknown collective engagement to address sexism. She shows that there were men committed to gender injustice, and shows many more are needed today.
    —Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare     September 2004
Description: Despite popular misconceptions, some men do believe in feminism and support the feminist movement. Since the 1970s, supportive men in North America, Britain, and Australia have published magazines, formed anti-sexism organizations, and worked on a variety of feminist-inspired projects. Men Who Believe in Feminism examines and recounts the motives and strategies, the successes and failures, and the challenges and triumphs of those men who have worked to support the feminist movement, combat sexism, and convey profeminist messages to different audiences. This timely and unique book invites readers interested in the future of gender relations to learn more about men's involvement and activism in redressing gender-based inequality. Profeminist men's groups have been responsible for many successful anti-sexist campaigns and have often gained the support of feminist women. But they have also faced a number of challenges from various constituencies. The author describes reactions from anti-feminists, radical gay men, skeptical feminists, and others who question the profeminists' motives and accountability. Still, while profeminist organizations struggle, and sometimes fail, to overcome the challenges they face, the author contends that many men continue to believe in and support feminism and that it is the role of feminist groups and other interested women's programs to encourage profeminist activism, support men in their efforts to convey their profeminist message, and advocate the ongoing participation of men in the crusade for gender equality.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: "Profeminist" Men: Who and Why?
  • Women's Struggles for Change: A Brief History
  • There Was Liberation in the Air . . .
  • An Idea Whose Time Has Finally Come
  • Trials and Errors: Being Accountable to Feminism
  • Profeminism and Inclusivity: Vexed Questions
  • The Ongoing Female Holocaust
  • Breaking the Silence to End Men's Violence
  • Politics and "the" Anti-Sexist Male
  • Appendix: A Method of Analyzing Profeminist Men's Motives
  • References
  • Index
  • Men Who Believe in Feminism Web-Supplement: The Current State of Profeminism Online
LC Card Number: 2001054589
LCC Class: HQ1236
Dewey Class: 305
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