Love and war
Subtitle: how militarism shapes sexuality and romance
By: Tom Digby
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9780231168403; 9780231168410
Subjects: Sex (Psychology); Man-woman relationships; Sex differences (Psychology); Masculinity; Militarism; Social aspects; Heterosexuality
Other titles: Love & war
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Battle of the sexes: why is heterosexual love so hard?; title: Let's make a deal: the heterosexual economy falls off a cliff; title: How to make a warrior: misogyny and emotional toughness in the construction of masculinity; title: Keeping the battle of the sexes alive: faith and fantasy; title: Can men rescue heterosexual love? More faith and fantasy; title: Gender terrorism, gender sacrifice: getting beyond zero-sum heterosexuality; title: The degendering of war: war loses its sex; title: The demilitarizing of gender: a truce in the battle of the sexes?