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David D. Gilmore, Author . Univ. of Pennsylvania $26.50 (272p) ISBN 978-0-8122-3608-8
Misogyny has been endemic from biblical times to modern. Yet this male fear and loathing of women, says the author, is usually accompanied by positive feelings of "gynophilia"; he adds that, while men can get hysterical about being "pollu
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David D. Gilmore, Author Yale University Press $21 (272p) ISBN 978-0-300-05076-9
Spanish Andalusians require that ``real men'' produce offspring, and New Guineans value warriors; however, in India and China, cooperation softens sexist gender roles. ``In a provocative, rewarding cross-cultural survey, Gilmore concludes that men...
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David D. Gilmore, Author Yale University Press $30 (272p) ISBN 978-0-300-04646-5
In most societies, asserts anthropologist Gilmore, professor at State University of New York, being accepted as a ``real man'' involves tests of action, proofs of individual worth. For Andalusians of Spain, machismo is earned by procreating...
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