Does sexism against men exist? What it looks like and why we need to take it seriouslyThis book draws attention to the "second sexism," where it exists, how it works and what it looks like, and responds to those who would deny that it exists. Challenging conventional ways of thinking, it examines controversialissues such as sex-based affirmative action, gender roles, and charges of anti-feminism. The book offers an academically rigorous argument in an accessiblestyle, including the careful use of empirical data, and includes examples andengages in a discussion of how sex discrimination against men and boys also undermines the cause for female equality. INDICE: Preface x1 Introduction 1What Is the Second Sexism? 1Disadvantage 2Discrimination 3Wrongful discrimination 3Sexism 5The First Sexism 12Two Kindsof Denialist 13Forestalling Some Fallacies 16Structure and Method of the Book182 Male Disadvantage 25Conscription and Combat 26Violence 30Corporal Punishment 33Sexual Assault 36Circumcision 41Education 46Family and Other Relationships 50Custody 50Paternity 51Paternity leave 53Homosexuals 54Bodily Privacy 54Life Expectancy 57Imprisonment and Capital Punishment 59Conclusion 613 Explaining Male Disadvantage and Thinking about Sex Differences 77Beliefs about Males 77Questions about the Beliefs 84To what extent, if at all, are the beliefs true? 85What makes the beliefs true? 89What, if any, implications are there? 93Conclusion 964 From Disadvantage to Wrongful Discrimination 101Conscription and Combat 102Kingsley Browne’s basic argument 103Slippage 104Military effectiveness 106Dangers of conservatism 109Statistical differences 113Final thoughts on combat and conscription 121Violence 122The perpetrators are men 123Men are better able to defend themselves 124Men pose a greater threat 125Two kinds of discrimination 127Corporal Punishment 128Males are more badly behaved 128Corporal punishment is not as damaging to males 129Sexual Assault 132Circumcision 134Education 135Family and Other Relationships 137Bodily Privacy 142Women have a greater interest in bodily privacy than do men 143The conditions are different 145Equal employment opportunity 148Life Expectancy 152Imprisonment and Capital Punishment 155Conclusion 1635 Responding to Objections 173The Inversion Argument 174Conscription and combat 175Violence 179Circumcision 182Education 183Sexual assault 185Bodily privacy 186Custody 188Life expectancy 189Imprisonment 193The Costs-of-Dominance Argument 194The Distraction Argument 199Defining Discrimination 2026 Affirmative Action 212Rectifying Injustice 215The past discrimination argument 216The present discrimination argument 218Lessons from Summers School 225Consequentialist Arguments 228The viewpoint diversity argument 228The role-model argument 229The legitimate-sex-preference argument 231The ideal argument 232Conclusion 2337 Conclusion 239Does Feminism Discriminate against Men? 239Are Men Worse off than Women? 246Taking the Second Sexism Seriously 254Conclusion 259Bibliography 266Index 285
- ISBN: 978-0-470-67446-8
- Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 304
- Fecha Publicación: 16/04/2012
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés