Changing Men

Michael S. Kimmel is Professor of Sociology at SUNY at Stony Brook. His books include Changing Men (1987), Men Confront Pornography (1990), Mens Lives (4th edition, 1997), Against the Tide: Profeminist Men in the United States, 1776-1990 (1992), The Politics of Manhood (1996), and Manhood: A Cultural History (1996). In addition to the journal Men and Masculinities, he also edits a book series on Men and Masculinity at the University of California Press, and the Sage Series on Men and Masculinities. He is the Spokesperson for the National Organization for Men Against Sexism (NOMAS) and lectures extensively on campuses in the U.S. and abroad.

Rethinking `Masculinity' - Michael S Kimmel New Directions in Research PART ONE: REFORMULATING THE MALE ROLE The Structure of Male Role Norms - Edward Thompson and Joseph Pleck The Embodiment of Masculinity - Mark Mishkind et al Cultural, Psychological, and Behavioral Dimensions The Life of a Man's Seasons - Michael Messner Male Identity in the Lifecourse of the Jock On Heterosexual Masculinity - Gregory M Herek Some Psychical Consequences of the Social Construction of Gender and Sexuality PART TWO: MEN IN DOMESTIC SETTINGS American Fathering in Historical Perspective - Joseph Pleck Paternal Child Care and the Status of Women - Scott Coltrane A Cross-Cultural Study of Gender Differentiation Fathers in Transition - Teresa L Jump and Linda Haas Dual-Career Fathers Participating in Childcare PART THREE: MEN AND WOMEN What do Women Want...from Men? The Role Men Play in Women's Lives - Kathleen Gerson One of the Boys - Gary Alan Fine Women in Male Dominated Settings The Fraternal Bond as a Joking Relationship - Peter Lyman A Case Study of the Role of Sexist Jokes in Male Group Bonding PART FOUR: SEXUALITY In Pursuit of the Perfect Penis - Leonore Tiefer The Medicalization of Male Sexuality Motivations of Abortion Clinic Waiting Room Males - Arthur Shostak `Bottled-up' Roles and Unmet Needs Mass Media Sexual Violence and Male Viewers - Edward Donnerstein and Daniel Linz Current Theory and Research PART FIVE: RACE AND GENDER Gender and Imperialism - Mrinalini Sinha Colonial Policy and the Ideology of Moral Imperialism in Late 19th Century Bengal Predicting Interpersonal Conflict Between Men and Women - Lawrence Gary The Case of Black Men Race, Class and Gender - Noel Cazenave and George Leon An Analysis of Male Work and Family Roles PART SIX: TOWARDS MEN'S STUDIES New Perspectives on Masculinity - Harry Brod A Case for Men's Studies Teaching About Men - Michael S Kimmel Maculinist Reaction or `Gentlemen's Auxiliary'? The Men's Movement - Michael Schiffman An Empirical Study