Growing Up Male: The Psychology of Masculinity

by B. Mark Schoenberg

Overview

This text, by a director of university counselling, examines the interplay of forces shaping the development of masculinity. It is particularly important during a period when the status of men has undergone considerable erosion in society. Counsellors, psychotherapists, mental health professionals, and all those working with teenage males will find this study of sex and gender issues, male bonding, psychosexual adjustment, situational ethics, and sexuality illuminating.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780897893442
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	07/30/1993
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.50(d)
Lexile:	1310L (what's this?)

About the Author

B. MARK SCHOENBERG is Professor Emeritus, Memorial University of Newfoundland, and is a psychologist in private practice. He is the author of A Handbook and Guide to the College and University Counselling Center (1978) and Bereavement Counselling: A Multi-disciplinary Handbook (Greenwood, 1980).

Table of Contents

Preface
Overview: Review of the Issues
Growing Up Male
Sex and Gender
The Significance of Male Bonding
Autonomy and Independence
In Search of Self
Interaction: Integration of Learning and Subjective Experience
Psychosexual Adjustment
Situational Ethics for Work and Play
Sexuality and Relationships
References
Index

Editorial Reviews

Psychologist Schoenberg explores some of the aspects of being male, some problems being unique to the changing times, others perennial problems that are only now being acknowledged and discussed. For real men (young or old), parents, teachers, and counselors. But no girls! Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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