Wimp Factor Gender Gaps, Holy Wars, And the Politics of Anxious Masculinity

In this eye-opening book on how male anxiety has come to shape political thinking and behavior, Dr. Stephen Ducat argues that there is a direct association between the magnitude of a man_s femiphobia and his tendency to embrace right-wing political opinions. Ducat shows how anxious masculinity has been a discernible subtext in politics throughout the history of Western culture-from the political campaigns of ancient Greece to the contest for the presidency. He also explores why and how political issues-such as environmental protection, support for war, welfare reform, and crime and punishment-get gendered.Analyzing various aspects of popular culture, such as editorial cartoons, political advertisements, and Freudian slips made by politicians-and drawing on his own pioneering research on the gender gap-Ducat illustrates how men_s fear of the feminine has been a powerful, if subterranean, force.Ducat, Stephen is the author of 'Wimp Factor Gender Gaps, Holy Wars, And the Politics of Anxious Masculinity', published 2005 under ISBN 9780807043455 and ISBN 0807043451.