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Friday, December 4, 1987 / University Daily Kansan
Campus/Area
Prof says today's men are changing
By AMBER STENGER
Stafi writer
Men only change when women push them, and men in today's society are changing, a sociology professor from State University of New York at Stony Brook said yesterday at the Kansas Union.
"Men are, in fact, changing," said the professor, Michael Kimmel, "but not as fast or as far as we hoped."
Kimmel gave a historical account of the state of American men during a lecture sponsored by KU's Department of Sociology Colloquium Series.
There used to be four rules that defined what a man was supposed to be, Kimmel said. Men were not supposed to do anything remotely feminine, they were supposed to have
status, be reliable, and take risks in most things they did.
But these rules don't apply any more, and men in this society are confused, he said. Kimmel said that the proliferation of books about what a real man should be meant that men had forgotten.
"Should we be Ashley Wilkes or Rhett Butler? Should we be Phil Donahue or Mr. T?" Kimmel said.
Kimmel told the crowd of about 70 people that men were helping more with housework and child care. In 1965, the average male did 20 percent of the housework, he said. In 1981, the average male did 30 percent of the housework.
Citing another study done in 1910, Kimmel) said that 10 percent of wives
polled said that their husbands spent no time with their children. In 1978, only 2 percent of the wives said their husbands spent no time with their children.
However, men spend quality time with the children and women end up doing the drudge work for the children, he said.
Kimmel said other studies showed that not being confined to the traditional male roles in society improved men's mental health.
Bruce Blanc, Lawrence, told Kimmel in a question-answer period after the lecture that he did not think the definition of masculinity was changing among men who held positions of power.
Kimmel agreed. He said that the
fewest inroads had been made in the military-industrial complex of society. For the men in power, it is not in their best interest for the traditional male role to change. However, there is evidence that some men are find interesting and changing their perception of masculinity, he said.
Kimmel said expanding the roles of men and women was not utonian.
"The only risk to expanding their roles is becoming caring fathers, better husbands and living longer, healthier lives. That doesn't sound too utopian to me." Kimmel said.
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