Love and war : how militarism shapes sexuality and romance / Tom Digby.

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Digby, Tom, 1945- [Author]

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online resource

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9780231538404

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Love & war [Cover title]

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BF692 .L684 2014

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Subject: Ideas of masculinity and femininity become sharply defined in war-reliant societies, resulting in a presumed enmity between men and women. This so-called battle of the sexes intensifies in tandem with dispositions to fight actual wars. These are among the fascinating discoveries Tom Digby shares in Love and War, which describes the making and manipulation of gender in both militaristic and nonmilitaristic societies and the consequences for men and women in their personal, romantic, sexual, and professional lives. Drawing on cross-cultural comparisons and examples from popular media, including.

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Includes bibliographies and index.

Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Battle of the Sexes: Why Is Heterosexual Love So Hard?; 2. Let's Make a Deal: The Heterosexual Economy Falls Off a Cliff; 3. How to Make a Warrior: Misogyny and Emotional Toughness in the Construction of Masculinity; 4. Keeping the Battle of the Sexes Alive: Faith and Fantasy; 5. Can Men Rescue Heterosexual Love? More Faith and Fantasy; 6. Gender Terrorism, Gender Sacrifice: Getting Beyond Zero-Sum Heterosexuality; 7. The Degendering of War: War Loses Its Sex; 8. The Demilitarizing of Gender: A Truce in the Battle of the Sexes?; Notes; Index.

Ideas of masculinity and femininity become sharply defined in war-reliant societies, resulting in a presumed enmity between men and women. This so-called battle of the sexes intensifies in tandem with dispositions to fight actual wars. These are among the fascinating discoveries Tom Digby shares in Love and War, which describes the making and manipulation of gender in both militaristic and nonmilitaristic societies and the consequences for men and women in their personal, romantic, sexual, and professional lives. Drawing on cross-cultural comparisons and examples from popular media, including.

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