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Spreading Misandry: The Teaching of Contempt for Men in Popular Culture Paperback – 31 May 2006

English edition by Paul Nathanson (Autor), Katherine K. Young (Autor)
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Nathanson and Young urge us to rethink prevalent assumptions about men that result in profoundly disturbing stereotypes that foster contempt. Spreading Misandry breaks new ground by discussing misandry in moral terms rather than purely psychological or sociological ones and by criticizing not only ideological feminism but other ideologies on both the left and the right.
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    392 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    McGill-Queen's University Press
  4. Publication date
    31 May 2006
  5. Dimensions
    15.24 x 4.32 x 22.86 cm
  6. ISBN-10
    0773530991
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0773530997
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"In our culture, itbs fine to say that men are brutes. This book is a welcome antidote." Globe and Mail "It's about time! Spreading Misandry is a major achievement in raising awareness of how men are insidiously and indifferently attacked in popular culture." Everyman: A Men's Journal "Genuinely intelligent and insightful. Spreading Misandry is provocative and will help point the way toward social harmony." Donna Laframboise, columnist for The National Post and author of The Princess at the Window: A New Gender Morality "What makes Spreading Misandry a useful book is that it puts a small spoke in the works of the large and noisy machinery of moral indignation that feminism has succeeded in constructing in academe and the media over the last 20 years." The Sunday Independent

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Paul Nathanson is a researcher, religious studies, McGill University, and author of Over the Rainbow: The Wizard of Oz as a Secular Myth of America.Katherine K. Young is James McGill Professor, religious studies, McGill University. She has published e

Paul Nathanson is a researcher, religious studies, McGill University, and author of Over the Rainbow: The Wizard of Oz as a Secular Myth of America.

Katherine K. Young is James McGill Professor, religious studies, McGill University. She has published e

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ McGill-Queen's University Press; annotated ed edition (31 May 2006)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 392 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0773530991
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0773530997
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 15.24 x 4.32 x 22.86 cm
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  • "wolf-rabe"
    5.0 out of 5 stars Lifting the veil of denial
    Reviewed in Germany on 1 March 2002
    Almost everybody believes it, and yet, hardly any man notices it, and the women who don't deny it are extremely rare: Paul Nathanson and Katherine Young speak of the deep-down belief held in "our culture" that women are better than men, and how it is being spread day by day. A shocking eye-opener with tons of references to prove their claims.
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  • Carlos Dorneles
    4.0 out of 5 stars Olhar Interessante sobre a Misandria, mas...
    Reviewed in Brazil on 7 February 2022
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    O livro desenvolve de maneira interessante algumas análises sobre o fenômeno da misandria especificamente no contexto das produções populares, especialmente filmes, séries e programas de TV. Apesar de se propor a analisar especificamente essas produções (a obra é parte de uma série de livros sobre diversas manifestações e bases da misandria), ele também comenta alguns dos fundamentos filosóficos/culturais do fenômeno.

    Um ponto positivo é que os autores não tentam invalidar ou negar a existência da misoginia na sociedade e na produção popular dos EUA/CAN. Isso facilita uma análise mais equilibrada e, com isso, não há uma tentativa de criar uma "rivalidade" misoginia x misandria. Ao mesmo tempo, obviamente, conseguem expor a misandria como um fenômeno muitas vezes aceito, normalizado e até mesmo incentivado por movimentos sociais e pessoas públicas.

    O problema maior do livro é que todas essas análises são referentes aos anos 90 da cultura pop norte-americana. Isso acaba sendo um escopo bem específico (várias produções menores analisadas são pouco conhecidas atualmente) e... bem, não envolve a questão da internet e das redes sociais como propulsoras dessas ideias. Isso não é culpa dos autores, claro; mas é algo que deixa um leitor da década de 2020 se sentindo meio deslocado, como se análise parecesse meio "incompleta"... Mas, enfim, isso também faz parte da leitura.

    Eu admito que várias análises me fizeram pensar e, de maneira geral, me convenceram. Contudo, algumas delas pareceram meio "subjetivas" demais, especialmente quando apelam a alguns simbolismos específicos, quase que inconscientes, que supostamente representariam misandria nas obras. Esse tipo de interpretação me pareceu selvagem demais em alguns pontos, especialmente quando outros argumentos são bem mais ponderados (por exemplo, a identificação bem mais objetiva de que todos personagens masculinos de um filme/série/programa são inadequados, loucos, perigosos ou caricaturas patéticas, extremamente diferentes das contrapartes femininas).

    Por fim, é uma leitura interessante, mas, e acho que isso nem deveria ser necessário de dizer, é importante ter alguma cautela sobre o que está sendo lido. Não porque as ideias apresentadas são "perigosas" ou algo do tipo; mas sim porque é importante ter uma postura equilibrada para identificar precisamente e discutir racionalmente o assunto, sem dicotomia ou birra.
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  • David Burke
    5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 August 2022
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    Great perspective and echos the frustrations encountered in a world of positive discrimination toward men
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  • Nathan Eisentraut
    5.0 out of 5 stars An arresting book
    Reviewed in Canada on 20 September 2012
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    I think Paul Bernatchez pretty much covered everything in his review. But I would just like to add that I especially liked the section on Disney's Beauty and the Beast, as I was 8 years old when that came out and have watched it many times growing up - I even saw it on Broadway. When the authors described the tradition version of the fairy tale, I initially thought it sounded quite like the movie, and so I had to do a major double take when the next paragraph began with: "The Disney version's premise is entirely different..." And then when they explained that traditionally it was not the prince who was evil, but the fairy, and discussed the implications of that, I realized just hoodwinked I had been by the movie, and popular culture in general.
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  • BC
    5.0 out of 5 stars The Premier Men's Rights Book.
    Reviewed in the United States on 3 September 2006
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    I am intimately, in every sense of the word, familiar with most of the men's rights literature, and I have to say that looking back on all the magnificent, avant-garde (and frankly heroic) publications assaulting radical feminism and political correctness in general, this work by Nathanson and Young was, and is, the finest moment. Spreading Misandry is meticulous in its research and analysis. It is also ambitious and deep in its coverage of popular culture. Wading through the often offensive and boring television shows, articles, commercials, and opinion which comprise an unmistakable misandric bias is not an easy task, but the authors did it and through their own "deconstructions" present the most compelling case imaginable. I'm writing my own work on this subject and I doubt that I can limit myself to 20 endnotes from these pages. This work is high brow, sophisticated, and absolutely magnificent. Nathanson and Young are our elite and I personally thank them for their efforts. Furthermore, I am saddened that their follow up book can only be obtained after a four to six week wait which showcases just how little society is concerned about pervasive misandry. As for me, I just placed a used copy on order and will report back my opinion just in case anyone is hedging on their own purchase.
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  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!
    Reviewed in Canada on 2 April 2017
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    A good read that touches issues that are common in our culture...yet we seem prohibited from speaking about. Should be a required text for university.
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