Fatherliness and manliness have garnered much public criticism in recent decades – up to and including a total devaluation of maleness. Yet not only has the traditional male role been damaged, males are now endangered in the educational and professional world as well. And their health seems generally under attack. The considerable risks connected with being a man have been scientifically proven.The demand for more gender equality has now led to many discriminations and orientation problems among men and boys. Focussing on the destructive side of maleness has raised awareness of the negative aspects of being male and caused great uncertainty and anxiety concerning male identity.After a long phase of feminist reflection now men are being queried: How are you doing these days? What roles and identity schemes have you tried out? This volume contains contributions from human ethology, developmental psychology, psychoanalysis, and the social and cultural sciences which provide a well-founded state-of-the-art look at the present state of men and maleness, generating above all new perspectives for a coming new view of manliness.weiterlesen