Transforming Men: Changing Patterns of Dependency and Dominance in Gender Relations 0765804506, 9780765804501

Using the storyThe Frog Princeas a symbol of traditional awareness of the potential marginality of men in society,Transf

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Sociology

Gender Studies

TRANSFORMING MEN Changing Patterns of |DXa olaere(w elenvar-vere | DYoyeetvet-velucmleme(aele(oe Relations Geoff Dench Using the story The Frog Prince as a F\¥4 001ole) Me)Maw-Koblaloyot-l E-huezbao e(t-t-me) Maes potential marginality of men in society, Transforming Men proposes that much of patriarchy is a theatrical illusion. Presenting men as more impore-Vovm-veleMolonnvau lll maet-temaelnmucclihia-tas should be seen as a way of controlling them, rather than as a system for~ dominating women. The author believes that both men and women need 1 Kolb (or) taeoF-1 me)A0s) a oYo10) 0) (o-bgome (a)olaete(sela on them. Dench states that women acquire a sense of responsibility through the direct dependence of children, but most men can only come to experience responsibility via women. If women reject the male breadwinning role, then men will never develop the altruistic incentive. Dench urges that men need to be given a greater stake than women in the public realm in order to be the main family providers and become caring members of society. Dispensing with male privileges and formal positions, the author continues, will simply reveal and revive older and deeper problems, to which patriarchy itself was a historical and sociological solu16(050 |DY sf yeas 7 7“ Anes) —. . pees 3 ok baat

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