ABSTRACT

At a time when women want men to love, raise babies and remember our birthdays, it is also required that they be the ones who rescue people in burning buildings.

Gloria Emerson (1985, p. 14)

Men in the United States are the recipients of many privileges. All of the U.S. presidents have been men, along with the vast majority of corporate executives, members of the Senate and House of Representatives, and university professors. The wealth and power in this country are primarily available to White men.