Includes bibliographical references.

Part one : Perspectives on masculinities -- Varieties of "real men" / James Messerschmidt -- All men are not created equal : Asian men in U.S. history / Yen Le Espiritu -- Masculinity and gender roles among Puerto Rican men : machismo on the U.S. mainland / José B. Torres -- The measure of a man : conceptualizations of masculinity among high-achieving African American male college students / Shaun R. Harper -- (In) secure times : constructing white working-class masculinities in the late 20th century / Michelle Fine, Lois Weis, Judi Addelston, and Julia Marusza Hall -- Gender, class and terrorism / Michael S. Kimmel -- Teaching about being an oppressor : some personal and political considerations / Steven P. Schacht -- Part two : Boyhood -- Warrior narratives in the kindergarten classroom : renegotiating the social contract? / Ellen Jordan and Angela Cowan -- Memories of same-sex attractions / Ritch C. Savin-Williams -- Making a name for yourself : transgressive acts and gender performance / Ann Ferguson -- "Dude, you're a fag" : adolescent masculinity and the fag discourse / C.J. Pascoe -- Sissy boy, progressive parents / Daniel Farr -- The act-like-a-man box / Paul Kivel -- Part three : Collegiate masculinities : privilege and peril -- The fraternal bond as a joking relationship : a case study of the role of sexist jokes in male group bonding / Peter Lyman -- Fraternities and collegiate rape culture : why are some fraternities more dangerous places for women? / A. Ayres Boswell and Joan Z. Spade -- Ritualized homosexuality in a Nacirema subculture / Michael S. Kimmel -- Why college men drink : alcohol, adventure, and the paradox of masculinity / Rocco L. Capraro -- Hard corps : how to end sexual assault at military academies / Kirby D. Schroeder -- The antirape rules / Jason Schultz -- Orthodox and inclusive masculinity : competing masculinities among heterosexual men in a feminized terrain / Eric Anderson -- Part four : Men and work -- Rambo litigators : emotional labor in a male-dominated occupation / Jennifer Pierce -- The glass escalator : hidden advantages for men in the "female" professions / Christine L. Williams -- "Why Marcia you've changed!" : Male clerical temporary workers doing masculinity in a feminized occupation / Kevin D. Henson and Jackie Krasas Rogers -- Sexual harassment and masculinity : the power and meaning of "girl watching" / Beth A. Quinn -- Part five : Men and health -- Masculinities and men's health : moving toward post-superman era prevention / Don Sabo -- If men could menstruate / Gloria Steinem -- Coming to terms : masculinity and physical disability / Thomas Gerschick and Adam Stephen Miller -- Part six : Men in relationships -- The approach-avoidance dance : men, women and intimacy / Lillian B. Rubin -- "I'm not friends the way she's friends" : ideological and behavioral constructions of masculinity in men's friendships / Karen Walker -- The politics of gay men's friendships / Peter M. Nardi -- Men on rape / Tim Beneke -- Rape and the prison code / Terry A. Kupers -- Confessions of a recovering misogynist / Kevin Powell -- Part seven : Male sexualities -- Becoming 100 percent straight / Michael A. Messner -- The heterosexual questionnaire / M. Rochlin -- Fantasy islands : exploring the demand for sex tourism / Julia O'Connell Davidson and Jacqueline Sanchez Taylor -- Chicks with dicks, men in dresses : what it means to be a drag queen / Verta Taylor and Leila J. Rupp -- Fixing broken masculinity : Viagra as a technology for the production of gender and sexuality / Meika Loe -- Part eight : Men in families -- Strategies men use to resist / Francine M. Deutsch -- Ethnicity, race, and difference : a comparison of white, black, and Hispanic men's household labor time / Anne Shelton and Daphne John -- Cruising to familyland : gay hypergamy and rainbow kinship / Judith Stacey -- FAthering Latina sexualities : Mexican men and the virginity of their daughters / Gloria González-López -- Fathering : paradoxes, contradictions, and dilemmas / Scott Coltrane -- Part nine : Masculinities in the media -- The morality/manhood paradox : masculinity, sport and the media / Shari Lee Dworkin and Faye Linda Wachs -- The male consumer as loser : beer and liquor ads in mega sports media events / Michael A. Messner and Jeffrey Montez de Oca -- When in Rome : heterosexism, homophobia, and sports talk radio / David Nylund -- Men are much harder : gendering viewing of nude images / Beth A. Eck -- Part ten : Violence and masculinities -- Culture, gender, and violence : "We are not women" / James Gilligan -- Ways of the badass / Jack Katz -- Athlete aggression on the rink and off the ice : athlete violence and aggression in hockey and interpersonal relationships / Nick T. Pappas, Patrick C. McKenry, and Beth Skilken Catlett -- Wars, wimps, and women : talking gender and thinking war / Carol Cohn -- Part eleven : Men, movements, and the future -- Neo-macho man : pop culture and post 9/11 politics / Richard Goldstein -- Change among the gatekeepers : men, masculinities, and gender equality in the global arena / R.W. Connell -- Men : comrades in struggle / bell hooks -- The role of men and boys in achieving gender equality / Commission on the status of women, forty-eighth session, March 1-12, 2004.