Here is a powerful reply to Iron John, a fresh look at the complicated nature of what Connell calls "masculinities." One of the most important voices in the new feminist scholarship by men, Connell provides a nuanced and incisive analysis of how our notions of masculinity have evolved in psychoanalysis, in social science, and historically in connection with colonialism and the creation of a global economy. There is not one but many masculinities, he claims, in a bold critique of the 'men's movement' and other simplistic approaches to sexual identity. Instead, Connell delineates the complicated dynamics of masculine politics and recent changes in male identity.

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