The Study of Men
Second wave feminism started "women's studies" as an academic subject in response to the social sciences written by and for men. Michael Kimmel, professor of sociology and gender studies at Stony Brook University, where he directs the Center for the Study of Men and Masculinities, and the author of Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men (Harper Perennial, 2009), makes the case for adding "masculine studies" to the curriculum.
Ideas of masculinity/femininity ask men to suppress half their humanity. There’s a loss there, says Dr. Kimmel.
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) August 24, 2015
NYS Assembly Member @DeborahJGlick calls in to add: men's assertiveness is more supported than women's assertiveness.
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) August 24, 2015
Dr Kimmel asks this in class: What does it mean to be a good man? Do same words apply when I say “man up”? [Why not?]
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) August 24, 2015
