The Macho Paradox
by Jackson Katz · Jackson Katz
Jackson Katz argues that violence against women is a men's issue, tracing how cultural definitions of masculinity sustain it. Readers get the bystander-intervention approach Katz built for schools, sports teams, and the military, plus arguments for engaging men as allies.
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