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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Benatar, David

Titel

The second sexism : discrimination against men and boys

Auflage

1st ed

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Introduction -- What is the second sexism? -- Male disadvantage -- Explaining male disadvantage and thinking about sex differences -- From disadvantage to wrongful discrimination -- Conscription and combat -- Responding to objections -- Affirmative Action -- Conclusion.
• Does sexism against men exist? What it looks like and why we need to take it seriously This book draws attention to the ""second sexism,"" where it exists, how it works and what it looks like, and responds to those who would deny that it exists. Challenging conventional ways of thinking, it examines controversial issues such as sex-based affirmative action, gender roles, and charges of anti-feminism. The book offers an academically rigorous argument in an accessible style, including the careful use of empirical data, and includes examples and engages in a discussion of how sex discrimination
• English
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