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A bigotry of their own.(Spreading Misandry: The Teaching of Contempt for Men in Popular Culture)(Book Review)

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Spreading Misandry: The Teaching of Contempt for Men in Popular Culture, by Paul Nathanson and Katherine K. Young; McGill-Queen's University Press, 2002, $52.95.

This book has already been vindicated in Australia. It was the subject of a big feature article in the national press, and every aspect of that article--title, blurb, graphics, text, tone, everything--exemplified the misandric contempt which the book aims to expose.

Anti-male prejudice is not a joke or a mistake or the preserve of a ratbag fringe. It is the true face of a social order which intends, and is already doing, grievous harm to men. As British commentator Melanie Phillips put it, "Men ...

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