The Limits of “The Male Sex Role”

@article{Messner1998TheLO,
  title={The Limits of “The Male Sex Role”},
  author={Michael A. Messner},
  journal={Gender \& Society},
  year={1998},
  volume={12},
  pages={255 - 276}
}
  • M. Messner
  • Published 1 June 1998
  • Sociology
  • Gender & Society
Some feminists have seen sex role theory as limited, even dangerous; others see it as useful mid-range theory. This article sheds light on this debate through an examination of the discourse of the men's liberation movement of the 1970s. Men's liberation leaders grappled with the paradox of simultaneously acknowledging men's institutional privileges and the costs of masculinity to men. The language of sex roles was the currency through which they negotiated this paradox. By the late 1970s, men… 
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