Spreading Misandry: The Teaching of Contempt for Men in Popular Culture

Nathanson, Paul; Young, Katherine K

ISBN 10: 0773522727 / ISBN 13: 9780773522725

Published by McGill-Queen's University Press, 2006

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Spreading Misandry: The Teaching of Contempt for Men in Popular Culture
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0773522727
• ISBN 13: 9780773522725
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Nathanson and Young urge us to rethink prevalent assumptions about men that result in profoundly disturbing stereotypes that foster contempt. Spreading Misandry breaks new ground by discussing misandry in moral terms rather than purely psychological or sociological ones and by criticizing not only ideological feminism but other ideologies on both the left and the right.

About the Author

Paul Nathanson is a researcher, religious studies, McGill University, and author of Over the Rainbow: The Wizard of Oz as a Secular Myth of America.

Katherine K. Young is James McGill Professor, religious studies, McGill University. She has published e