| Description |
x, 209 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: "Profeminist" Men: Who and Why? -- Women's Struggles for Change: A Brief History -- "There Was Liberation in the Air ..." -- "An Idea Whose Time Has Finally Come" -- Trials and Errors: Being Accountable to Feminism -- Profeminism and Inclusivity: Vexed Questions -- "The Ongoing Female Holocaust" -- "Breaking the Silence to End Men's Violence" -- Politics and "the" Antisexist Male -- Profeminism on the World Wide Web -- A Method of Analyzing Profeminist Men's Motives. |
| Summary |
Goldrick-Jones (academic writing and women's studies, U. of Winnipeg) explores the motives and tells the stories of anti-sexist men's groups in North America, Britain, and Australia from the early 1970s through the end of the 1990s. They share a common goal of inviting men to support feminist principles and do feminist work. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR. |
| Subject |
Women's rights.
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Men -- Attitudes.
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Feminism.
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Feminism. (OCoLC)fst00922671
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Men -- Attitudes.
(OCoLC)fst01015981
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Women's rights. (OCoLC)fst01178818
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Goldrick-Jones, Amanda, 1956- Men who believe in feminism. Westport, Conn. : Praeger, ©2002 (OCoLC)654150151 |
| ISBN |
0275968227 (alk. paper) |
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9780275968229 (alk. paper) |
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