Boys Will Be Boys

Author: Clementine Ford
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1786076640
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 348

Book Description
'The most important thing you'll read this year' Elle The incendiary new book about toxic masculinity and misogyny from Clementine Ford, author of the bestselling feminist manifesto, Fight Like A Girl. Boys Will Be Boys answers the question Clementine Ford is most often asked: 'How do I raise my son to respect women?’ With equal parts passion and humour, Ford reveals how patriarchal society is as destructive for men as it is for women, creating a dangerously limited idea of what it is to be a man. She traces the way gender norms creep into the home from early childhood, through popular culture or the division of housework and shines a light on what needs to change for equality to become a reality.

Boys Will Be Boys

Author: E. S. Turner
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 0571287883
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 215

Book Description
E.S. Turner's first book, published in 1948, is a wholly original, richly researched and uncommonly insightful study of a somewhat disreputable genre: the 'Boys' Weekly' papers commonly known as 'penny dreadfuls.' 'A classic of its kind... [Turner] ploughed through back numbers of the old blood-and-thunder adventure magazines specialising in cliffhanger serials; the young hero would be left hanging over a cliff in a totally impossible situation, which would be easily resolved in the next issue: 'With one bound Jack was free.' Social history had never been as much fun or, with three extra printings in its first week - such was the demand - as profitable.' Jonathan Sale, Guardian 'Some people felt that E.S. Turner may have invented a new kind of book - the popular social history, very British, very funny, but written with a glistening elegance.' Andrew O'Hagan, London Review of Books

Boys Should Be Boys

Author: Meg Meeker
Publisher: Regnery Publishing
ISBN: 1596980575
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 286

Book Description
A guide to raising boys discusses encouragement, spending time together, the role of outdoor activites, rules, virtue, and adressing important issues.

Girls Will Be Boys

Author: Laura Horak
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 0813574846
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 233

Book Description
2016 Choice Outstanding Academic Title Finalist for 2016 Richard Wall Memorial Award by the Theatre Library Long listed for the 2017 Kraszna-Krausz Best Photography Book Award from the Kraszna-Krausz Foundation Marlene Dietrich, Greta Garbo, and Katharine Hepburn all made lasting impressions with the cinematic cross-dressing they performed onscreen. What few modern viewers realize, however, is that these seemingly daring performances of the 1930s actually came at the tail end of a long wave of gender-bending films that included more than 400 movies featuring women dressed as men. Laura Horak spent a decade scouring film archives worldwide, looking at American films made between 1908 and 1934, and what she discovered could revolutionize our understanding of gender roles in the early twentieth century. Questioning the assumption that cross-dressing women were automatically viewed as transgressive, she finds that these figures were popularly regarded as wholesome and regularly appeared onscreen in the 1910s, thus lending greater respectability to the fledgling film industry. Horak also explores how and why this perception of cross-dressed women began to change in the 1920s and early 1930s, examining how cinema played a pivotal part in the representation of lesbian identity. Girls Will Be Boys excavates a rich history of gender-bending film roles, enabling readers to appreciate the wide array of masculinities that these actresses performed—from sentimental boyhood to rugged virility to gentlemanly refinement. Taking us on a guided tour through a treasure-trove of vintage images, Girls Will Be Boys helps us view the histories of gender, sexuality, and film through fresh eyes.

Boys Will be Boys

Author: Myriam Miedzian
Publisher: Lantern Books
ISBN: 9781590560358
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 454

Book Description
In this book, Miedzian provides a thorough investigation of the numerous factors influencing aggression and violence in American males. In addition, she also provides descriptions and proposals for interventions, social action, and solutions to break the link between masculinity and violence. The book is separated into three major parts: 1) The Problem: The acceptance of violence as a way of life; 2) Toward a Solution: Raising sons for the twenty-first century; 3) Conclusions: Beyond the masculine mystique. Throughout the book Miedzian emphasizes that because males have a high potential for aggression and violence, every effort should be made to encourage and model for males those qualities that are counter to violence. She illustrates the large extent to which our culture currently (and historically) encourages qualities and values that increase a male's propensity for violence. (From a review of the book by Lori A. Cillo)

Are Men Animals?

Author: Matthew Gutmann
Publisher: Basic Books
ISBN: 1541699599
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 291

Book Description
"Boys will be boys," the saying goes -- but what does that actually mean? A leading anthropologist investigates Why do men behave the way they do? Is it their male brains? Surging testosterone? From vulgar locker-room talk to mansplaining to sexual harassment, society is too quick to explain male behavior in terms of biology. In Are Men Animals?, anthropologist Matthew Gutmann argues that predatory male behavior is in no way inevitable. Men behave the way they do because culture permits it, not because biology demands it. To prove this, he embarks on a global investigation of masculinity. Exploring everything from the gender-bending politics of American college campuses to the marriage markets of Shanghai and the women-only subway cars of Mexico City, Gutmann shows just how complicated masculinity can be. The result isn't just a new way to think about manhood. It's a guide to a better life, for all of us.

Boys Will be Men

Author: Paul Kivel
Publisher: Gabriola Island, B.C. : New Society Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 264

Book Description
While the women's liberation movement produced dynamic changes in society's assumptions about girls' roles, little has changed about our attitude toward the role of boys. Yet the cycle of violence and oppression will not stop until boys are raised to become part of the struggle to end it. Boys will Be Men is for all parents who have a vision of a society where peace and justice exist; for parents raising their sons in economically disadvantaged communities; for feminists who feel confused about raising their sons, and for parents of color who need to add their sons' strength to their communities.

Boys Will be Boys

Author: Melissa Bubnic
Publisher: Nick Hern Books
ISBN: 9781848425682
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
An all-female cast takes on the roles of the big boys of the city, in a wickedly funny satire.

Boys Will be Boys

Author: Jim Daly
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780736913126
Category : Boys
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
This spunky tribute to the mischiefs and musings of little boys features the captivating Americana artwork of oil painter Jim Daly, artist of the bestselling What Little Boys Are Made Of (more than 195,000 copies sold). Heartwarming quotes, rascally poems, and literary excerpts about the wonder of boyhood ushers readers into a land of innocence and imagination, where the best kind of toys are the simple props of nature and life's most memorable moments happen among friends on a lazy summer day. With its nod to rural life and simpler times, this spirited gift book is perfect for Mom, Dad, Grandma, Grandpa, Aunt, Uncle--anyone who has ever loved or ever been a little boy.

Boys Will Be Boys

Author: Shailey M. Tripp
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781470091026
Category : Prostitution
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Boys Will Be Boys: Media, Morality and the Cover-up of the Todd Palin Shailey Tripp Sex Scandal is the true story of how Shailey Tripp, a young single mother of two special needs children became sexually involved with Todd Palin, husband of former Alaska Governor and 2008 GOP Vice-Presidential nominee, Sarah Palin. This book explains the many factors that culminated in Shailey becoming not only the mistress of " Alaska's First Dude" but also a prostitute working for him which ultimately resulted in Shailey being arrested in March of 2010. However, the story doesn't end there. After they received an anonymous email, The National Enquirer contacted Shailey regarding her relationship with Todd Palin and even ran a couple of stories about her liaison with him with several follow-up interviews scheduled. All that changed, when at the behest of the Palin's lawyers, the Anchorage Police Department issued a press release which stated that they had found no evidence of Todd's involvement with Shailey. From that point on, Shailey was unable to get any media, with the exception of some internet bloggers, to tell her side of things despite the fact that she had proof of her truthfulness and had passed polygraph examinations. Boys Will Be Boys tells the whole story from Shailey's viewpoint and includes the evidence. A true expose of how the media and even law enforcement agencies kowtow to the wealthy, politically powerful people, Boys Will Be Boys: Media, Morality and the Cover-up of the Todd Palin Shailey Tripp Sex Scandal is a must read.