 | Legalizing Misandry: From Public Shame to Systemic Discrimination against Men Subjects: Misandry -- Canada; Misandry -- United States; Sex discrimination against men -- Canada; Sex discrimination against men -- United States; Lurid and sensationalized events such as the public response to Lorena Bobbitt after she cut off her abusive husband's penis, prurient fascination provoked by Anita Hill's allegations about Clarence Thomas, and the exploitation of the mass murder of fourteen women in Montreal have been processed through popular culture since the 1990s to produce pervasive misandry - contempt for men, the counterpart of misogyny. Paul Nathanson is a researcher, religious studies, McGill University, and author of Over the Rainbow: The Wizard of Oz as a Secular Myth of America. Katherine K. Young is James McGill Professor, religious studies, McGill University. She has published e |
