Challenging Macho Values

Challenging Macho Values

First published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Challenging Macho Values

Challenging Macho Values

This highly readable, insightful and penetrating book brings to light the key social forces that shape the boys of today - media portrayal of heroic manliness, the emphasis on boys' virility rather than their sexuality, bullying, sexual harassment, verbal insults and putdowns, sport and the making of masculine bodies, and militaristic culture - and suggests practical ways of challenging and changing destructive patterns of behaviour.