What does it mean to be a man? This text examines the manly stereotype, which stresses courage, moral restraint and athletic comportment, which has become representative of normative modern society. The role of women and the "unmanly men" in maintaining the stereotype and its erosion is studied.

Paperback edition of this exploration of masculinity.

his points emerge with the special authority of an eye-witness and a courageous, thoughtful survivor.