{"product_id":"the-wimp-factor-stephen-ducat-9780807043455","title":"The Wimp Factor: Gender Gaps, Holy Wars, and the Politics of Anxious Masculinity","description":"In this landmark exploration of how male anxiety has come to define our political culture, Stephen J. Ducat shows the link between the desperate macho strutting of male politicians, the gender gap in voting behavior, and fundamentalist holy wars. He argues that a direct association exists between the magnitude of a man's femiphobia-that is, his terror of being perceived as feminine-and his tendency to embrace right-wing political opinions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the strenuous efforts by handlers to counter George H. W. Bush's \"wimp factor\" to the swaggering arrogance that led to the moral and military quagmire in U.S.-occupied Iraq, anxious masculinity has been a discernible subtext in politics. Ducat shows how this anxiety has been an underlying force in public life throughout the history of Western culture, and also explores why and how certain political issues get gendered. Analyzing various aspects of popular culture and drawing on pioneering research on the gender gap, \u003ci\u003eThe Wimp Factor\u003c\/i\u003e is a fascinating exposé that will alter our understanding of contemporary politics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen Ducat\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0807043451\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807043455\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Beacon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/07\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.56w x 0.74d","brand":"Stephen Ducat","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46431317033215,"sku":"9780807043455","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5551339b-c977-4fe2-9607-cacd08ce8416.jpg?v=1735140961","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-wimp-factor-stephen-ducat-9780807043455","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}