The Wimp Factor

The Wimp Factor Gender Gaps, Holy Wars, and the Politics of Anxious Masculinity

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Publisher's Synopsis

Why has testosterone become the magic elixir of political power, asks Ducat (psychology, New College of California), why do spin doctors and handlers spend so much effort pumping Viagra into a candidate's rhetoric and to stage baroque macho photo opportunities? He draws on his own and other research, and on historical case studies, to highlight the

Book information

ISBN: 9780807043448
Publisher: Beacon Press
Imprint: Beacon Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 305.31
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 291
Weight: 503g
Height: 226mm
Width: 161mm
Spine width: 29mm