Description

To manufacture masculinity.<div> A man on stage, supported by various members of his family, his classmates, his therapist, his exes, his future partners, colleagues, and students, offers the fruit of his reflection.</div><div><br></div><div> A life condensed into seven vignettes and roughly twice as many formative anecdotes, summoned to explore the dizzying nature of a genre and all its inherent constraints. The author got a little carried away with that long sentence; the rest will be simpler. I promise.</div><div><br></div><div> From childhood to adulthood, from oppression to emancipation, from abusive virility to a singular masculinity, The First Sex is a journey. And a sharing.</div>