Revised and updated, this book reverses the tendency in gender studies to portray men as villains and women as victims in a bi-polar paradigm, presenting data and studies from the US, Canada and the UK in the development of a comparative and revised perspective on gender.

List of Tables

Preface to the Second Edition

Introduction

1 Men and Masculinities

2 Men and Women

3 Heroes

4 Villains

5 Victims

6 Power

Bibliography

Index

Anthony Synnott is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Concordia University, Canada. He is the author of The Body Social: Symbolism, Self and Society, Shadows: Issues and Social Problems in Canada and The Power of Sex and the co-author of Aroma: The Cultural History of Smell.