Michael Kimmel on Gender
Mars, Venus or Planet Earth? Men & Women in a New Millennium
We've heard again and again that men and women are engaged in a "battle of the sexes," that we're so differently wired and so foreign to each other that we might as well come from different planets. In this powerful new lecture, renowned speaker and bestselling author Michael Kimmel (The Gendered Society, Manhood in America) turns this conventional wisdom on its head. With clarity and humor, Kimmel moves beyond the popular inter-planetary notion that "men are from Mars and women are from Venus" to advance a decidedly more earth-bound and inter-connected view of the things men and women have in common. This is an accessible and entertaining introduction to gender politics and gender theory - as intellectually informative as it is inspiring, and suited for use across a range of disciplines and courses.
Michael Kimmel
Michael Kimmel is among the leading researchers and writers on men and masculinity in the world today. The author or editor of more than twenty volumes, his books include
Men Confront Pornography and the documentary history
Against the Tide: Pro-Feminist Men in the United States, 1776-1990, which chronicled men who supported women's equality since the founding of the country.
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Producer: Sut Jhally
Editor: Jason Young
Camera: David Rabinovitz
Additional Camera: Sut Jhally, Christian Miess
Production Assistants: Jacquelyn Darling, Christian Miess, Scott Morris
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"I've never seen such a large audience of students turn out for a speaker - and be so completely involved during the entire presentation."
- College of New Jersey