Constructing a Male Feminist Pedagogy: Authority, Practice, and Authenticity in the Composition Classroom

Abstract

Those of us who call ourselves feministsteachers or otherwiseknow well the stereotypical mainstream representations of feminism. Feminism has been blamed for a loosening of moral values, and for everything from sexual promiscuity to the homosexual agenda and high rates of divorce. These are some of the kinder epithets thrust at feminism. Pro-choice feminists are called murderers; lesbian feminists are denounced as man-haters; male feminists are considered to be emasculated and effeminate victims of