Is there anything good about men? how cultures flourish by exploiting men

Roy F. Baumeister

Oxford, 2010

Abstract

An odd, unseasonal question – Are women better than men, or vice versa? – Can’t or wont? Where the real differences are found – The most underappreciated fact about men – Are women more social? – How culture works – Women, men, and culture : the roots of inequality – Expendable beings, disposable lives – Earning manhood, and the male ego – Exploiting men through marriage and sex – What else, what next?

Quotes from this work

One main theme that the Imaginary Feminist will bring up over and over is that society is riddled with prejudice against women and that the history of male–female relations consists of various ways in which men have oppressed women.This has become a standard view. If you question it, the Imaginary Feminist does not typically respond with carefully reasoned arguments or clear data. Instead, she accuses you of being prejudiced and oppressive even for questioning the point.

feminism · self-justifying views
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