Does Feminism Discriminate Against Men?

Does feminism give a much-needed voice to women in a patriarchal world? Or is the world not really patriarchal? Has feminism begun to level the playing field in a world in which women are more often paid less at work and abused at home? Or are women paid equally for the same work and not abused more at home? Does feminism support equality in education and in the military, or does it discriminate against men by ignoring such issues as male-only draft registration and boys lagging behind in school? The only book of its kind, this volume offers a sharp, lively, and provocative debate on the impact of feminism on men. Warren Farrell-an international best-selling author and leader in both the early women's and current men's movements-praises feminism for opening options for women but criticizes it for demonizing men, distorting data, and undervaluing the family. In response, James P. Sterba-an acclaimed philosopher and ardent advocate of feminism-maintains that the feminist movement gives a long-neglected voice to women in a male-dominated world and that men are not an oppressed gender in today's America.Their wide-ranging debate covers personal issues, from love, sex, dating, and rape to domestic violence, divorce, and child custody. Farrell and Sterba also look through their contrasting lenses at systemic issues, from the school system to the criminal justice system; from the media to the military; and from health care to the workplace. A perfect book to get students thinking and debating, Does Feminism Discriminate Against Men? A Debate is ideal for courses in gender studies, sociology, psychology, economics, feminist philosophy, and contemporary moral issues. It is also compelling reading for anyone interested in the future of men and women.

a breathless display of statistics and evidence Mary Evans, Times Higher Education

Warren Farrell: public intellectual, author of many books, including The Liberated Man (Penguin Putnam 1993), Why Men Are the Way They Are (Berkley/Penguin Putnam 1988), Women Can't Hear What Men Don't Say (Tarcher/Penguin Putnam 2000), Father and Child Reunion (Tarcher/Penguin Putnam, 2001), The Myth of Male Power (Berkley/Penguin Putnam, 2001), Why Men Earn More (Amacom; 2005); James P. Sterba: Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame; author of twenty-four books, including Justice for Here and Now (Cambridge 1993), Ethics: Classical Western Texts in Feminist and Multicultural Perspectives (edited volume, OUP 1999), Three Challenges to Ethics: Environmentalism, Feminism, and Multiculturalism (OUP 2003); Terrorism and International Justice (OUP 2003), Affirmative Action and Racial Justice: A Debate (OUP 2003); The Triumph of Practice over Reason in Ethics (OUP 2005)