The American Man

Politics & Social Sciences

Pleck, Elizabeth H.

Pleck, Joseph H.

Social Sciences

Prentice Hall Direct

Men and masculinity, (The Patterns of social behavior series)

PRENTICE/HALL

The Myth of Masculinity

<p>In this book, Joseph Pleck examines and analyzes the full body of research literature on the male role that has appeared since the 1930s and subjects it to a devastating critique. He identifies the components of the "male sex role paradigm" which has been the basis of research for the past forty years, and notes numerous instances of blatant misrepresentation of data, twisted reinterpretations of disconfirming results, misogyny, homophobia, and class bias. He proposes a new theory, the "sex role strain paradigm," offers a reinterpretation of sex role stereotyping, and a critique of research by sociobiologists that allegedly demonstrates a biological basis for male aggression.</p>

The myth of masculinity

MIT Press]

Working Wives/Working Husbands (New Perspectives on the Family)

<p>Using data from two US national studies of how husbands and wives allocate time to housework, Pleck determines the relative degree of overload experienced by working wives. He concludes that although overload still exists, it is on the decline, because &#8242;men&#8242;s time in the family is increasing while women&#8242;s is decreasing&#8242;. The book raises many significant questions and issues relevant to studies of contemporary society, by examining the ways in which changes in the family occur due to women&#8242;s employment.</p>

Sage Publications, Inc.

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