Feminism with Men: Bridging the Gender Gap

by Steven P. Schacht, Doris W. Ewing

Overview

Feminism with Men asserts that it is not necessary to experience the world as a woman in order to develop a feminist understanding or to hold a feminist vision for the future. Patriarchy harms both men and women, although in different ways, while feminism offers an ideology for creating a more meaningful and life-affirming way of being in the world. This book explores the ways men can examine and change their oppressive relationships with both men and women through discussions of the limits of gender exclusive movements, the role of homophobia in maintaining sexist structures, and the difficulty of establishing radical alliances across gender differences. There are no clear road maps for creating a feminist future, but the authors argue that feminism can only bring about the widespread social change it envisions if it embraces a full partnership with men.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780742541702
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	10/08/2004
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.68(d)

About the Author

Steven P. Schacht, (1960-2003), served as professor in the Department of Sociology at Plattsburgh State University of New York. The bulk of his research over the past 10 years was ethnographic in approach, exploring issues of gender identity and gender construction. He also served as co-editor of Feminism and Men: Reconstructing Gender Relations with Doris Ewing, and Forging Radical Alliances Across Difference: Coalition Politics for a New Millennium with Jill Bystydzienski. Steve openly and honestly battled colon cancer for five years, dying in 2003 with the same passion and equanimity with which he lived. Doris W. Ewing is a professor emeritus of sociology at Southwest Missouri State University. Her primary areas of research and teaching are race, class, gender and disability. She has been active in community organizing and has previously co-authored a book and several articles on men and feminism with Steven P. Schacht.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 The Stalled Revolution Chapter 2 Why Men Should be Feminists: Steve's Story Chapter 3 How Patriarchy Wounds Us All: Doris's Story Chapter 4 The Crumbling of Patriarchy: Equality as the Wave of the Future Chapter 5 Envisioning Alternatives to the Contemporary Manhood-Making Machine Chapter 6 Becoming a (Pro)Feminist Chapter 7 Being a (Pro)Feminist Chapter 8 (Pro)Feminist Parenting: Learning How to Mother and be a Positive Feminist Role Model Chapter 9 Feminist Women and (Pro)Feminist Men: Moving From an Uneasy to Radical Alliance Chapter 10 Undoing the Original Phallic Sin: Envisioning A Fourth Wave of Feminism

Editorial Reviews

Steven P. Schacht and Doris W. Ewing … share something quite profound and equally meaningful to them both: an overriding concern about the future of feminism, and indeed the unshakeable belief in the possibility of a nonoppressive future. Part theoretical treatise, part how-to manual and personal narrative, this is a quick, easy, and interesting read for scholars … as well as for first- and second-year undergraduate students.

Teaching Sociology - Mirelle Cohen

By interweaving their own personal stories, and grounding these stories in feminist theories and research, Schacht and Ewing demonstrate the main thesis of their book: Not only is feminism still alive; it holds the potential for transforming the world, through a committed partnership between women and men.

Cheng Chen

Steven P. Schacht and Doris W. Ewing … share something quite profound and equally meaningful to them both: an overriding concern about the future of feminism, and indeed the unshakeable belief in the possibility of a nonoppressive future. Part theoretical treatise, part how-to manual and personal narrative, this is a quick, easy, and interesting read for scholars … as well as for first- and second-year undergraduate students.
— Mirelle Cohen, University of Puget Sound

Teaching Sociology