Tag masculinity

November 15, 2010
in Humanities, Psychology, Social Science

Boys, Boys, Boys

November 15, 2010
in Humanities, Psychology, Social Science

This morning, Ken Corbett, author of Boyhoods: Rethinking Masculinities, contributed to a segment on ABC’s Good Morning America called “Pageant Boys,” examining the increasing participation of young boys in beauty pageants. Corbett’s book adds to recent literature such as Judith Butler’s Gender Trouble and Mary Pipher’s Reviving Ophelia on expectations

March 3, 2006
in American History, Current Affairs, European History, History, Literature, Philosophy, Political Science, Science, Social Science

Manliness

March 3, 2006
in American History, Current Affairs, European History, History, Literature, Philosophy, Political Science, Science, Social Science

“This book is about manliness,” begins the preface of a provocative new book by Harvey C. Mansfield, William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of Government at Harvard University. What is that? It’s best to start from examples we know: our sports heroes, too many to name; Margaret Thatcher, the British prime