The Gary Null Show - 12/05/13

American masculinity and the world of angry white men

Prof. Michael Kimmel is the distinguished professor of sociology at Stony Brook University and founder of the academic journal Men and Masculinities.  He is highly regarded as America’s leading expert in men’s studies and has written extensively on the masculine roles behind globalization, the political right, social extremism, anti-feminism and male abuse of women. 

 

Prof. Kimmel holds advanced degrees from Brown University and the University of California at Berkeley, and was previously awarded best professor on campus while teaching at Berkeley. His most recent book is “Angry White Men: American Masculinity and the End of an Era” that delves into the source and cause of masculine anger being expressed in right wing contingents, the men’s rights movement, major hate media talking heads, and school shootings.