World Bank Book asks - What about Men?

Submitted by anthony on Fri, 2006-10-27 01:42

Story here. Excerpt:

'But the authors argue that resolving some of the most chronic social ills in the developing world requires helping men deal with problems unique to being men."

"It is not that men are faring worse because women have advanced," Correia said. "It is just that we haven't realised that men are gendered beings."'

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It is not completely true to say that men are not fairing poorly due to the advances of women. It IS part of the reason psychologically - traditional male roles such as doctor, engineer etc. have largely disappeared, due to women moving into these fields, and men (and boys in particular) do not yet have any new positive roles with which to identify. (This does not apply to women, since their traditional role was homemaker, and men have NOT for the most part moved into that role as women have moved into the traditionally male careers).
The fact that there are no identifiable positive roles is causing many men to be adrift and despondent, and subject to bad influences such as the media (movies, TV, etc). As a result, some boys have, for example, "identified" with the male-as-perpetrator-of-violence role widely seen on TV and in movies. This undoubtedly DOES lead to societal ills.

It's all spelled out in "Spreading Misandry" by Nathanson and Young:)

-Axolotl

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Submitted by axolotl on Sat, 2006-10-28 01:13