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Recounts and examines the goals, challenges, and accomplishments of profeminist men's groups.

Table of Contents

Introduction: "Profeminist" Men: Who and Why? Women's Struggles for Change: A Brief History There Was Liberation in the Air . . . An Idea Whose Time Has Finally Come Trials and Errors: Being Accountable to Feminism Profeminism and Inclusivity: Vexed Questions The Ongoing Female Holocaust Breaking the Silence to End Men's Violence Politics and "the" Anti-Sexist Male Appendix: A Method of Analyzing Profeminist Men's Motives References Index Men Who Believe in Feminism Web-Supplement: The Current State of Profeminism Online

About the Author

AMANDA GOLDRICK-JONES is Associate Professor in the Centre for Academic Writing/Women's Studies Department at the University of Winnipeg.

Reviews

?[T]he author has tackled a relatively unknown collective engagement to address sexism. She shows that there were men committed to gender injustice, and shows many more are needed today.?-Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare

?[T]his appreciative account of men's campaigns for women's liberation nicely complements the flurry of memoirs and histories of modern feminisms and fills a gap in what we know about social movements and gender since the 1970s. Recommended. General collections and upper-division undergraduates and above.?-Choice

"ÝT¨he author has tackled a relatively unknown collective engagement to address sexism. She shows that there were men committed to gender injustice, and shows many more are needed today."-Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare

"ÝT¨his appreciative account of men's campaigns for women's liberation nicely complements the flurry of memoirs and histories of modern feminisms and fills a gap in what we know about social movements and gender since the 1970s. Recommended. General collections and upper-division undergraduates and above."-Choice

"[T]he author has tackled a relatively unknown collective engagement to address sexism. She shows that there were men committed to gender injustice, and shows many more are needed today."-Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare

"[T]his appreciative account of men's campaigns for women's liberation nicely complements the flurry of memoirs and histories of modern feminisms and fills a gap in what we know about social movements and gender since the 1970s. Recommended. General collections and upper-division undergraduates and above."-Choice