Love and war : how militarism shapes sexuality and romance /

Digby, Tom, 1945-

Love and war : how militarism shapes sexuality and romance / Tom Digby. - xi, 226 pages ; 22 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Battle of the sexes: why is heterosexual love so hard? -- Let's make a deal: the heterosexual economy falls off a cliff -- How to make a warrior: misogyny and emotional toughness in the construction of masculinity -- Keeping the battle of the sexes alive: faith and fantasy -- Can men rescue heterosexual love? More faith and fantasy -- Gender terrorism, gender sacrifice: getting beyond zero-sum heterosexuality -- The degendering of war: war loses its sex -- The demilitarizing of gender: a truce in the battle of the sexes?

9780231168403 (cloth : alk. paper) 0231168403 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780231168410 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0231168411 (pbk. : alk. paper)

40024209649

2014008990

GBB4C2476 bnb

016931347 Uk


Sex (Psychology)
Man-woman relationships.
Sex differences (Psychology)
Heterosexuality.
Masculinity.
Militarism--Social aspects.

BF 692 / .D54 2014