In this collection, editor Shira Tarrant, who has written and spoken widely on gender politics, sexuality, and pop culture, assembles an impressive range of essays by and about men who identify themselves as feminists. The thirty-nine essays in Men Speak Out are short but cover a lot of ground, including race, pornography, the legal system, and life in the military. A few essays explore gender dynamics abroad, such as in Poland and Jakarta. This book moves beyond clichés like ‘Men are from Mars’ and ‘Are today’s men becoming feminized?’ and reveals the different ways men have been shaped by the women’s movement, and become all the richer for it.
