American Male - A Penetrating Look At the Masculinity Crisis

First published in 1967, The American Male concerns itself with broad social patterns and major societal trends as they affect the American male generally. It is based on two years' research among men of all social and economic classes and extensive interviews with psychiatrists.

List of contents

Acknowledgements 1. The Male in Crisis 2. The Masculinity Trap 3. Notes on the "Feminization" of Society 4. Back to the Good Old Days: The Patriarchal Myth 5. The Paradox of the Contemporary American Father 6. Potency and the Sexual Revolution 7. New Ways to Manliness Notes Index

Product details

• Authors: Myron Brenton, Brenton Myron
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.05.2025
• EAN: 9781041050667
• ISBN: 978-1-0-4105066-7
• No. of pages: 254
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, Feminism & feminist theory, United States of America, USA, Gender studies, gender groups, Feminism and feminist theory, c 1960 to c 1969, Gender studies: men and boys