Taking Care of Men : Sexual Politics in the Public Mind

Preface vi Introduction: Changing Men? 1(10) Part I The Interests of Men Having a Wife: The Division of Labour and Male Right 11(27) Producing Men: The Labour of Love 38(27) Part II The Revolving Door Stalled Rhetoric: The Optimistic Will 65(27) It's on the Agenda: Optimism over Images 92(24) The New Father: The `Masculine' New Man 116(37) Part III The Blocked Door Blocked-Door Theory: Misrecognising Resistance 153(26) The Separated, Defensive Male: Psychologising Sexual Politics 179(28) Conclusion: Waiting for the Man 203(4) Bibliography 207(21) Index 228