{"product_id":"the-second-sexism-discrimination-against-men-and-boys-paperback-softback-9780470674512","title":"The Second Sexism; Discrimination Against Men and Boys (Paperback \/ softback) 9780470674512","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Second Sexism\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eDiscrimination Against Men and Boys\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWith clarity and cogency, The Second Sexism presents the first sustained philosophical examination of systematic discrimination against men.  This is not part of a backlash against feminism; it is part of the next crucial step toward the construction of social arrangements that are fairer, more humane, and less restrictive of individual freedom.\u003cbr\u003e -Don Hubin, Ohio State University\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This book is as courageous as it is brilliant and as honest as it is thought provoking.  The issue is not whether women have been wronged, but whether the responses to the wrongs against women have often resulted in there being wrongs against men.  In quite surprising ways, David Benatar’s book is a wonderful reminder of the tremendous importance of John Stuart Mill’s distinction between “living truth” and “dead dogma”; for it is not at all a conceptual truth that the dogma of sexual inequality has been replaced by and only by living truth with respect to equality for all.  Benatar is absolutely masterful—nay, majestic—in illustrating that reality.\u003cbr\u003e - Laurence Thomas, Syracuse University\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e David Benatar once again enters the ethico-political debates of our time with his controversial argument about the neglected side of sexism—wrongful discrimination against men. Justice is never a zero-sum game to Benatar, and his well argued and thoughtful book makes a compelling case for taking seriously men's hidden injuries if we are to genuinely build a better world.\u003cbr\u003e -Daphne Patai, University of Massachusetts\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDavid Benatar (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780470674512, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 13 April 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e304 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.4 cm, 0.395 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I recommend \u003ci\u003eThe Second Sexism\u003c\/i\u003e to scholars who investigate gender relations, and I urge academic feminists to take Benatar’s thesis seriously and to respond to it with respect rather than with disbelief or derision.”  (\u003ci\u003eAmerican Philosophical Association's Newsletter on Feminism and Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 May 2013)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“This book simply must be read . . . . Highly, highly recommended.”  (\u003ci\u003eMens News Daily\u003c\/i\u003e, 4 January 2013)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The Second Sexismis well researched, with voluminous references. As such, it serves the useful function of raising consciousness about an important social issue. Benatar’s research makes a strong case for an in-depth examination of the injustices and discriminations that men suffer in this and other societies in the 21st century.”  (\u003ci\u003ePsycINFO\/PsycCRITIQUES\u003c\/i\u003e, 21 November 2012)\u003c\/p\u003e “The Second Sexism is a strong and early step on the way to the awareness, amelioration, and treatment of a widespread and unaddressed problem that affects a not insignificant portion of the human population.”  (\u003ci\u003eNew Male Studies Review 3\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJonathan Badiali's\u003c\/i\u003e, 26 September 2012)  \u003cp\u003e“Benatar’s analysis brings much needed clarity to contemporary debates in gender studies, whose discourse runs the risk of becoming stagnant and dogmatic against a constantly changing social backdrop. Benatar does well to remind us that it is not only females who are constrained and disadvantaged by the roles that they have been socially encouraged to take up.”  (\u003ci\u003eNew Male Studies Review 2\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJ.P. Messina's\u003c\/i\u003e, 26 September 2012)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“And now, thanks to Professor Benatar, we have an incisive, comprehensive discussion of the phenomenon that feminism has unwittingly brought to the forefront . . . The writing is jargon-free. As a philosopher, Professor Benatar is attentive to conceptual nuance and clear, precise usage.”  (\u003ci\u003eNew Male Studies Review 1\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMiles Groth's\u003c\/i\u003e, 26 September 2012)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“This is a very well-argued book that presents an unorthodox thesis and defends it ably.  It would be a useful text in both undergraduate and graduate courses in philosophy and gender studies, where it is certain to arouse a lot of discussion, much of it excited.  Since it is very clearly written, and would be interesting and accessible also to the educated layperson.  Most importantly, however, it is likely to change our understanding of gender relations.”  (\u003ci\u003eMetapsychology\u003c\/i\u003e, 21 August 2012)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eDoes sexism against men exist? What it looks like and why we need to take it seriously\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis 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 exists. Challenging conventional ways of thinking, it examines controversial issues such as sex-based affirmative action, gender roles, and charges of anti-feminism. The book offers an academically rigorous argument in an accessible style, including the careful use of empirical data, and includes examples and engages in a discussion of how sex discrimination against men and boys also undermines the cause for female equality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface x  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Introduction 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat Is the Second Sexism? 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDisadvantage 2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiscrimination 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWrongful discrimination 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSexism 5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe First Sexism 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTwo Kinds of Denialist 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForestalling Some Fallacies 16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStructure and Method of the Book 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Male Disadvantage 25\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConscription and Combat 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eViolence 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCorporal Punishment 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSexual Assault 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCircumcision 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEducation 46\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFamily and Other Relationships 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCustody 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePaternity 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePaternity leave 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHomosexuals 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBodily Privacy 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLife Expectancy 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImprisonment and Capital Punishment 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Explaining Male Disadvantage and Thinking about Sex Differences 77\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBeliefs about Males 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions about the Beliefs 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTo what extent, if at all, are the beliefs true? 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat makes the beliefs true? 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat, if any, implications are there? 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 From Disadvantage to Wrongful Discrimination 101\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConscription and Combat 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKingsley Browne’s basic argument 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Slippage” 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMilitary effectiveness 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDangers of conservatism 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStatistical differences 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFinal thoughts on combat and conscription 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eViolence 122\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The perpetrators are men” 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Men are better able to defend themselves” 124\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Men pose a greater threat” 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTwo kinds of discrimination 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCorporal Punishment 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Males are more badly behaved” 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Corporal punishment is not as damaging to males” 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSexual Assault 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCircumcision 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEducation 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFamily and Other Relationships 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBodily Privacy 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Women have a greater interest in bodily privacy than do men” 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The conditions are different” 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEqual employment opportunity 148\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLife Expectancy 152\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImprisonment and Capital Punishment 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Responding to Objections 173\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Inversion Argument 174\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConscription and combat 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eViolence 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCircumcision 182\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEducation 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSexual assault 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBodily privacy 186\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCustody 188\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLife expectancy 189\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImprisonment 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Costs-of-Dominance Argument 194\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Distraction Argument 199\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDefining Discrimination 202\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Affirmative Action 212\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRectifying Injustice 215\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe past discrimination argument 216\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe present discrimination argument 218\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLessons from “Summers School” 225\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConsequentialist Arguments 228\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe viewpoint diversity argument 228\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe role-model argument 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe legitimate-sex-preference argument 231\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe ideal argument 232\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 233\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Conclusion 239\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDoes Feminism Discriminate against Men? 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