Guyland : the perilous world where boys become men / Michael Kimmel.
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TextPublication details: New York : Harper, 2008.Edition: 1st edDescription: xviii, 332 pages ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780060831349
- 0060831340
- 9780060831356
- 0060831359
- HQ 799.6 .K56 2008
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"Understanding the critical years between 16 and 26"--Jacket.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-316) and index.
A leading authority in gender studies profiles American males between the ages of sixteen and twenty-six, offering insight into their belief systems, relationships, and preferences, in a report that also discusses the sources of violent and deviant behaviors. By the author of Manhood in America: A Cultural History.
Welcome to Guyland -- "What's the rush?" : Guyland as a new stage of development -- "Bros before hos" : the guy code -- High school : boot camp for Guyland -- The rites of almost-men : binge drinking, fraternity hazing, and the elephant walk -- Sports crazy -- Boys and their toys : Guyland's media -- Babes in Boyland : pornography -- Hooking up : sex in Guyland -- Predatory sex and party rape -- Girls in Guyland : eyes on the guys -- "Just guys."
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