The Hearts of Men: American Dreams and the Flight from Commitment"These men crafted and popularized the ideology that had supported the breadwinner ethic, and when the ideology changed, it was because they changed it. For this reason I feel justified in using a more active construction than the 'collapse of the breadwinner ethic' and talking about a male revolt--though hardly organized and seldom conscious of its goals--against the breadwinner ethic. As a feminist, I have been busy with another revolt for the past twelve years, and I approached this one with initial antagonisim, a gradual increase in understanding and, finally, a certain impatience. The great irony, as I will argue later, is that the right-wing, antifeminist backlash that emerged in the 1970s is a backlash not so much against feminism as against the male revolt. We live in a time that is dangerous to dissidents of all persuasions, and not least to those too helpless and impoverished to dissent. The question is whether we rebels of both sexes have enough in common to work together toward a more generous, dignified and caring society."--Introduction (page 13) |
Contents
INTRODUCTION Why Women Married | 1 |
BREADWINNERS AND LOSERS Sanctions | 14 |
EARLY REBELS The Gray Flannel | 29 |
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