Snowflakes and Snowdrifts: Individualism and Sexuality in AmericaUniversity Press of America, 1986 - Počet stran: 282 This study examines the tension between individualistic values and sex-related expectations in American society and analyzes their impact on many aspects of sexuality in America. Contents: A Society of Individuals; Masculinity and the Main Chance; Invisible Woman; Hypermasculinity; Hypomasculinity; The Spectre of Homosexuality; On Being Gay in a 'Straight' Society; Assimilation versus Pluralism; Transforming Sex-Related Categories; Repudiating Sex-Related Categories; and Confronting an Unliberated World. |
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... impersonal ones . To William Graham Sumner this was the glory of modern society . In his opinion only impersonal con- tractual relationships permitted " a society of free and indepen- dent men " with " the utmost room and chance for ...
... impersonal ones . To William Graham Sumner this was the glory of modern society . In his opinion only impersonal con- tractual relationships permitted " a society of free and indepen- dent men " with " the utmost room and chance for ...
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... impersonal , compe- tition does not threaten his sense of individuality and a give- and - take cooperativeness allows everyone to further his own in- terests as far as possible . Impersonal relationships require a certain scrupulous ...
... impersonal , compe- tition does not threaten his sense of individuality and a give- and - take cooperativeness allows everyone to further his own in- terests as far as possible . Impersonal relationships require a certain scrupulous ...
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... impersonal sexual su- periority over all eligible women . By responding in some appro- priate way a woman validates his claims to manhood and sexual preeminence . While a male's interest may range from casual to very strong , he assumes ...
... impersonal sexual su- periority over all eligible women . By responding in some appro- priate way a woman validates his claims to manhood and sexual preeminence . While a male's interest may range from casual to very strong , he assumes ...
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A Society of Individuals | 7 |
Masculinity and the Main Chance | 27 |
Invisible Woman | 49 |
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