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The wimp factor : gender gaps, holy wars, and the politics of anxious masculinity /
"In this exploration of how male anxiety has come to define our political culture, Stephen J. Ducat shows the link between the desperate macho strutting of male politicians, the gender gap in voting behavior, and fundamentalist holy wars - three striking political phenomena of the twenty-first...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Boston, MA :
Beacon Press,
©2004.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "In this exploration of how male anxiety has come to define our political culture, Stephen J. Ducat shows the link between the desperate macho strutting of male politicians, the gender gap in voting behavior, and fundamentalist holy wars - three striking political phenomena of the twenty-first century. He argues that a direct association exists between the magnitude of a man's femiphobia - that is, his terror of being perceived as feminine - and his tendency to embrace right-wing political opinions."--Jacket |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (ix, 291 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-272) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780807043455 0807043451 9780807043448 0807043443 9780807043462 080704346X |