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- catalog abstract ""Are men and women really from different planets? In Ceasefire!, journalist and cultural critic Cathy Young argues that our current obsession with personal problems between the sexes has had disastrous consequences for women's progress - and for men's as well. Young believes "the myth of gender difference" has allowed feminists to continue to see women as victims, at the same time buttressing conservatives' claim that the weakening of traditional roles has wreaked havoc on our society. It's time to re-examine our allegiances in the gender wars." "Drawing on scholarly research, media reports, and real-life cases, Ceasefire! demolishes both feminist and antifeminist fictions. Young challenges men and women to transcend old and new myths, to look beyond the polarities of either denying or exaggerating sex differences, and to value individual uniqueness and flexibility. To achieve true equality, she says, we must pay attention to sexism against men as well as against women (without turning men into a new victim class) and ask women as well as men to rethink their stereotypical views of the other gender. Sure to cause controversy across the political spectrum, Ceasefire! surveys a wide range of issues - from career/family conflicts to female violence, from sexual dynamics on the job to the problems of divorced fathers - to offer a surprising vision of true social equality."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11103694.
- catalog created "c1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "c1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1999.".
- catalog description ""Are men and women really from different planets? In Ceasefire!, journalist and cultural critic Cathy Young argues that our current obsession with personal problems between the sexes has had disastrous consequences for women's progress - and for men's as well. Young believes "the myth of gender difference" has allowed feminists to continue to see women as victims, at the same time buttressing conservatives' claim that the weakening of traditional roles has wreaked havoc on our society. It's time to re-examine our allegiances in the gender wars." "Drawing on scholarly research, media reports, and real-life cases, Ceasefire! demolishes both feminist and antifeminist fictions. Young challenges men and women to transcend old and new myths, to look beyond the polarities of either denying or exaggerating sex differences, and to value individual uniqueness and flexibility. To achieve true equality, she says, we must pay attention to sexism against men as well as against women (without turning men into a new victim class) and ask women as well as men to rethink their stereotypical views of the other gender. Sure to cause controversy across the political spectrum, Ceasefire! surveys a wide range of issues - from career/family conflicts to female violence, from sexual dynamics on the job to the problems of divorced fathers - to offer a surprising vision of true social equality."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: the gender wars -- Myths of difference, myths of oppression -- Men are from earth, women are from earth -- The mommy wars and the daddy track -- Oppression stories -- Innocent women and bad men -- The myth of gender violence -- Legislating the gender war: the politics of domestic abuse -- Sex crimes, political crimes -- Sexual McCarthyism -- Toward a new paradigm -- Men and their children -- Are men victims too? -- The conservative mistake -- Epilogue: where do we go from here?".
- catalog extent "360 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Ceasefire!".
- catalog identifier "0684834421".
- catalog isFormatOf "Ceasefire!".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "c1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Free Press,".
- catalog relation "Ceasefire!".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "305.3 21".
- catalog subject "Equality United States.".
- catalog subject "Feminism United States.".
- catalog subject "HQ1421 .Y58 1999".
- catalog subject "Sex role United States.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: the gender wars -- Myths of difference, myths of oppression -- Men are from earth, women are from earth -- The mommy wars and the daddy track -- Oppression stories -- Innocent women and bad men -- The myth of gender violence -- Legislating the gender war: the politics of domestic abuse -- Sex crimes, political crimes -- Sexual McCarthyism -- Toward a new paradigm -- Men and their children -- Are men victims too? -- The conservative mistake -- Epilogue: where do we go from here?".
- catalog title "Ceasefire! : why women and men must join forces to achieve true equality / Cathy Young.".
- catalog type "text".