Spreading Misandry: The Teaching of Contempt for Men in Popular Culture
Perhaps it was inevitable that equal time should have been  granted to those who claim that modern popular culture is biased  against men. Nathanson (Over the Rainbow: The Wizard of Oz as a  Secular Myth) and Young (religious studies, McGill Univ.) use an  extensive appendix of antimale bias in film, television, and  even greeting cards to show that in the past ten years, the  pendulum has swung too far. Equally challenging is their notion  that academic elites (i.e., feminist idealogs) are to blame. The  problem with their approach is twofold. The potential examples  of both misogyny and misandry probably run nearly neck and neck  in film, television, and music today. Moreover, it is in the  very nature of these media to describe conflict, especially  gender conflict, as their core subject matter. The entertainment  beast is such that somebody has to be the bad guy excuse  me person, and hence the authors' sincerest wish that Hollywood  end the war between the sexes is not likely to be fulfilled.  Academic libraries may want to add this title to balance their  collections in the interest of rigorous academic fairness. Jeff  Ingram, Newport P.L., Newport, ORCopyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.