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Article: Taking Care of Men: Sexual Politics in the Public Mind. (book review)

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December 1, 2000
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Anthony McMahon. Cambridge, 1999.232 pp. Cloth, $59.95, paper, $19.95.

In Taking Care of Men: Sexual Politics in the Public Mind, McMahon attacks today's supposedly sensitive, caring, "new man," reciting the many ways contemporary men exploit women's domestic labor. Oppressed, many women still provide the emotional and physical work necessary for men to function, and succeed, in the world outside the home -- managing romantic and social relationships, raising children, cleaning, cooking, shopping, and organizing family leisure.

McMahon reaches for three goals in Taking Care of Men. One, he wants to hold social theory and popular culture accountable for ...

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