(Ebook) A History of Masculinity: From Patriarchy to Gender Justice by Ivan Jablonka ISBN 9780141993706, 0141993707

(Ebook) A History of Masculinity: From Patriarchy to Gender Justice by Ivan Jablonka ISBN 9780141993706, 0141993707

Men have been at the forefront of every battle, except for the battle forequality of the sexes. Their dreams have spearheaded every liberation,except for the emancipation of women. With few exceptions, they havegrown comfortable with the patriarchal workings of society. They havegained from it. Today, as before, gender privileges are endemic throughoutthe world.Although it has been shaped by millennia of stereotypes and institutions,the traditional model of masculinity is outdated. It is both old-fashioned andharmful because it is a mechanism for dominating not only women, but alsomen whose masculinity is deemed illegitimate. Our dream for the future isto invent new masculinities so that they mesh with the rights of women andundo patriarchal hierarchies. This has the potential to transform everything:the family, religion, politics, business, the city, seduction and evenlanguage.A revolution of the masculine presupposes a theory of gender justice whichaims for a redistribution of gender, just as social justice demands theredistribution of wealth. However, before considering the social,institutional, political, cultural and sexual implications of such a project, wehave to understand the world we live in, with its two seeminglycontradictory traits: longstanding patriarchy and the flaws of the masculine