For a long time, masculinity seemed self-evident. Every man was expected to conform to the virile ideal that dominated the entire culture. Sexual identity appeared to be inscribed in nature. Over the last three decades, women have shattered these assumptions. The boundaries between masculine and feminine have become blurred.
For a long time, masculinity seemed self-evident. Every man was expected to conform to the virile ideal that dominated the entire culture. Sexual identity appeared to be inscribed in nature. Over the last three decades, women have shattered these assumptions. The boundaries between masculine and feminine have become blurred. And now, every man is left to question his own profound identity.
The mutilated man, torn between contradictory images, the man forever compelled to repress an essential part of himself, is dying. Elisabeth Badinter here outlines the still uncertain contours of the new man our century is inventing. A prelude to a new form of harmony between the sexes.
