ABSTRACT

Some interviewees had not been members of anti-sexist men’s groups and did not necessarily perceive their lifestyles as politically significant but were performing roles and assuming identities which were unconventional from a traditional masculine standpoint. When interviewed they also expressed sympathy with feminist ideas. Vince, who tells his story in this chapter, was a primary childcarer and houseperson in a role-reversal situation. He may perhaps be a good example of such men, who find feminism acceptable if it is not being ‘hammered down your throat’, as he says.