The Wimp Factor: Gender Gaps, Holy Wars, & the Politics of Anxious Masculinity by Stephen Ducat
"Much of the mental suffering of my male patients seems to derive from a deep fear of women, as well as the paralyzing dread of the 'feminine' within themselves. These anxieties have been particularly evident in their denial of dependency needs, their inability to sustain intimate ties with women or other men, their preoccupation with holding positions of dominance and control in relationships, and their various sexual dysfunctions...It is not that there is something pathological about being male. Rather, the problem is the psychological cost of developing a male identity in a culture that disparages the feminine and insists that the boundaries between masculine and feminine remain unambiguous and impermeable...There are few places where men's fear of the feminine has been more manifested more dramatically than in political rhetoric and behavior."
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