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Second Sexism Discrimination Against Men and Boys

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ISBN-10: 0470674512

ISBN-13: 9780470674512

Edition: 2012

Authors: David Benatar

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This book draws attention to the "second sexism," where it exists, how it works and what it looks like, and responds to those who would deny that it existsChallenges conventional ways of thinkingOffers an academically rigorous argument in an accessible style, including the careful use of empirical dataIncludes examples and engages in a discussion of how sex discrimination against men and boys also undermines the cause for female equalityExamines controversial issues such as sex-based affirmative action, gender roles, and charges of anti-feminism
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Book details

List price: $60.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/27/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.55" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English

Sarah Herbert is a Local Authority Advisory Teacher and trainer with SENJIT. She spent much of her teaching career working as a special educational needs coordinator and teaching in and managing inclusive units within mainstream schools.

Preface
Introduction
What Is the Second Sexism?
Disadvantage
Discrimination
Wrongful discrimination
Sexism
The First Sexism
Two Kinds of Denialist
Forestalling Some Fallacies
Structure and Method of the Book
Male Disadvantage
Conscription and Combat
Violence
Corporal Punishment
Sexual Assault
Circumcision
Education
Family and Other Relationships
Custody
Paternity
Paternity leave
Homosexuals
Bodily Privacy
Life Expectancy
Imprisonment and Capital Punishment
Conclusion
Explaining Male Disadvantage and Thinking about Sex Differences
Beliefs about Males
Questions about the Beliefs
To what extent, if at all, are the beliefs true?
What makes the beliefs true?
What, if any, implications are there?
Conclusion
From Disadvantage to Wrongful Discrimination
Conscription and Combat
Kingsley Browne's basic argument
"Slippage"
Military effectiveness
Dangers of conservatism
Statistical differences
Final thoughts on combat and conscription
Violence
"The perpetrators are men"
"Men are better able to defend themselves"
"Men pose a greater threat"
Two kinds of discrimination
Corporal Punishment
"Males are more badly behaved"
"Corporal punishment is not as damaging to males"
Sexual Assault
Circumcision
Education
Family and Other Relationships
Bodily Privacy
"Women have a greater interest in bodily privacy than do men"
"The conditions are different"
Equal employment opportunity
Life Expectancy
Imprisonment and Capital Punishment
Conclusion
Responding to Objections
The Inversion Argument
Conscription and combat
Violence
Circumcision
Education
Sexual assault
Bodily privacy
Custody
Life expectancy
Imprisonment
The Costs-of-Dominance Argument
The Distraction Argument
Defining Discrimination
Affirmative Action
Rectifying Injustice
The past discrimination argument
The present discrimination argument
Lessons from "Summers School"
Consequentialist Arguments
The viewpoint diversity argument
The role-model argument
The legitimate-sex-preference argument
The ideal argument
Conclusion
Conclusion
Does Feminism Discriminate against Men?
Are Men Worse off than Women?
Taking the Second Sexism Seriously
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index