Myths Of Male Dominance
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Author | : Eleanor Burke Leacock |
Publisher | : Monthly Review Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1981-01-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780853455387 |
This classic anthropological study debunks the many myths behind the idea of "natural" male superiority. Drawing on extensive historical and cross-cultural research, Eleanor Burke Leacock shows that claims of male superiority are based on carefully constructed myths with no factual historical basis. She also documents numerous historical examples of egalitarian gender relations.
Author | : Eleanor Burke Leacock |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 356 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : |
This classic anthropological study debunks the many myths behind the idea of "natural" male superiority.
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Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 344 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Sex role |
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Author | : Warren Farrell |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 408 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Men |
ISBN | : 9781876451301 |
...lies understanding. This is what bestselling author Warren Farrell discovered when he took a stand against established views of the male role in society, and pursued o course of study to find out who men really are. Here are the eye-opening, heart-rending, and undeniably enlightening results...
Author | : Peggy Reeves Sanday |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 1981-04-30 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780521280754 |
Applying data from over 150 tribal societies to scales developed to measure power and dominance, Sanday offers answers to basic questions regarding male and female power. The view that emerges conforms to no particular theoretical perspective.
Author | : Steven Goldberg |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
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The first edition of this book was lavishly praised by many authorities as the most formidable demonstration of an unpopular truth: males rule in all societies known to history or anthropology, for reasons arising from innate physiology, a brute fact that can never be conjured away by tinkering with social institutions. This new edition has been completely rewritten in the light of two decades of scholarship and debate, taking account of all published criticisms of earlier editions.
Author | : Jim Sidanius |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 418 |
Release | : 2001-02-12 |
Genre | : Psychology |
ISBN | : 9780521805407 |
This volume focuses on two questions: why do people from one social group oppress and discriminate against people from other groups? and why is this oppression so mind numbingly difficult to eliminate? The answers to these questions are framed using the conceptual framework of social dominance theory. Social dominance theory argues that the major forms of intergroup conflict, such as racism, classism and patriarchy, are all basically derived from the basic human predisposition to form and maintain hierarchical and group-based systems of social organization. In essence, social dominance theory presumes that, beneath major and sometimes profound difference between different human societies, there is also a basic grammar of social power shared by all societies in common. We use social dominance theory in an attempt to identify the elements of this grammar and to understand how these elements interact and reinforce each other to produce and maintain group-based social hierarchy.
Author | : Naomi Wolf |
Publisher | : Harper Collins |
Total Pages | : 372 |
Release | : 2009-03-17 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 006196994X |
The bestselling classic that redefined our view of the relationship between beauty and female identity. In today's world, women have more power, legal recognition, and professional success than ever before. Alongside the evident progress of the women's movement, however, writer and journalist Naomi Wolf is troubled by a different kind of social control, which, she argues, may prove just as restrictive as the traditional image of homemaker and wife. It's the beauty myth, an obsession with physical perfection that traps the modern woman in an endless spiral of hope, self-consciousness, and self-hatred as she tries to fulfill society's impossible definition of "the flawless beauty."
Author | : Melvin Konner |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 293 |
Release | : 2015-03-09 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 039324654X |
“A sparkling, thought-provoking account of sexual differences. Whether you’re a man or a woman, you’ll find his conclusions gripping.”—Jared Diamond There is a human genetic fluke that is surprisingly common, due to a change in a key pair of chromosomes. In the normal condition the two look the same, but in this disorder one is malformed and shrunken beyond recognition. The result is a shortened life span, higher mortality at all ages, an inability to reproduce, premature hair loss, and brain defects variously resulting in attention deficit, hyperactivity, conduct disorder, hypersexuality, and an enormous excess of both outward and self-directed aggression. It is called maleness. Melvin Konner traces the arc of evolution to explain the relationships between women and men. With patience and wit he explores the knotty question of whether men are necessary in the biological destiny of the human race. He draws on multiple, colorful examples from the natural world—such as the mating habits of the octopus, black widow, angler fish, and jacana—and argues that maleness in humans is hardly necessary to the survival of the species. In characteristically humorous and engaging prose, Konner sheds light on our biologically different identities, while noting the poignant exceptions that challenge the male/female divide. We meet hunter-gatherers such as those in Botswana, whose culture gave women a prominent place, invented the working mother, and respected women’s voices around the fire. Recent human history has upset this balance, as a dense world of war fostered extreme male dominance. But our species has been recovering over the past two centuries, and an unstoppable move toward equality is afoot. It will not be the end of men, but it will be the end of male supremacy and a better, wiser world for women and men alike.
Author | : Cynthia Eller |
Publisher | : Beacon Press |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 2001-04-13 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780807067932 |
According to the myth of matriarchal prehistory, men and women lived together peacefully before recorded history. Society was centered around women, with their mysterious life-giving powers, and they were honored as incarnations and priestesses of the Great Goddess. Then a transformation occurred, and men thereafter dominated society. Given the universality of patriarchy in recorded history, this vision is understandably appealing for many women. But does it have any basis in fact? And as a myth, does it work for the good of women? Cynthia Eller traces the emergence of the feminist matriarchal myth, explicates its functions, and examines the evidence for and against a matriarchal prehistory. Finally, she explains why this vision of peaceful, woman-centered prehistory is something feminists should be wary of.