Mowing the lawn out of biopsychological disposition

Authors

  • Rochus Wolff Freie Universität Berlin, ZE Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14766/225

Keywords:

Differenz, Männerforschung, Geschlecht, Gender

Abstract

In his latest book, Martin van Creveld tries to prove that women are not in fact oppressed, but that really they are the privileged sex. Based on a questionable ‚biopsychological’ concept, the author attempts to legitimate the existing order of the sexes by presenting it as ahistorical truth. His reasoning is riddled with methodological faults, a dubious way of dealing with his sources and rhetorical techniques of persuasion which only serve to discredit the few vaild points his book does make about discrimination against men.

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Published

2003-11-01

Issue

No. 11 (2003): Aggression und Gewalt

Section

Offener Teil

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Copyright (c) 2003 Rochus Wolff

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