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Developing Manhood: The Testosterone Agenda
What does manhood mean in today's society?
What roles should men play in personal and social relationships?
What should parents teach their sons about masculinity during the formative years?
Trends such as the rise of feminism increasing marital breakdowns and workplace restructuring have left many men confused about their role in both a personal and a community sense - a situation starkly illustrated by Australia's high rate of male suicide. With this disturbing phenomenon in mind, Dr William Phillips addresses these difficult and urgent questions.
Testosterone, he explains, has an agenda, and its cornerstone is that boys and men are predisposed to follow certain paths based on a need for autonomy, challenge and achievement. But this often conflicts with the demands place on men by modern society. In charting the vital part testosterone plays in the physical, intellectual and sexual growth of boys and men, Developing Manhood provides a significant contribution to the ongoing debate about gender issues.
Written with commonsense and a healthy dose of humour, this book offers sound, practical advice on meeting the challenges of manhood in the 21st century.
What roles should men play in personal and social relationships?
What should parents teach their sons about masculinity during the formative years?
Trends such as the rise of feminism increasing marital breakdowns and workplace restructuring have left many men confused about their role in both a personal and a community sense - a situation starkly illustrated by Australia's high rate of male suicide. With this disturbing phenomenon in mind, Dr William Phillips addresses these difficult and urgent questions.
Testosterone, he explains, has an agenda, and its cornerstone is that boys and men are predisposed to follow certain paths based on a need for autonomy, challenge and achievement. But this often conflicts with the demands place on men by modern society. In charting the vital part testosterone plays in the physical, intellectual and sexual growth of boys and men, Developing Manhood provides a significant contribution to the ongoing debate about gender issues.
Written with commonsense and a healthy dose of humour, this book offers sound, practical advice on meeting the challenges of manhood in the 21st century.
356 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 11, 2011
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