The Bro Code: The Fallout of Raising Boys to Ob, Keith Hardcover..

Taylor & Francis

Extending from the belief that masculinities are multiple, consisting of complexities and constructions that make up the traits associated with each, this book explores the various ways in which boys and men are conditioned to view women as inferior to themselves and predominantly sexual objects\u2014and the deleterious effects this has on both women and men, society, and culture at large.\n\nBeginning in childhood, the book provides a critical framework to understand one form of masculinity referred to as \""bro culture,\"" and how it is reproduced and reinforced through popular culture, social institutions, and patriarchal forms of religion and politics. Weaving together current research with illuminating historical and contemporary examples, Thomas Keith unpacks the attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors that constitute this subculture and reveals the ways in which traditional and outdated codes of manhood, power, and gender relations have evolved into problematic forms of sexism, misogy.