Moral Panic: Male Studies and the Spectre of Denial

Abstract

The absence of male studies programs in Canada is both a result of and clear evidence that political correctness along with moral panic and gender feminism or third wave feminism have a grip on academe, creating an adversarial schism. Over the last three decades, this has marginalized a more inclusive, multiperspective male studies discipline to the periphery of academe. It has resulted in mainly feminist and profeminist men's studies programs and research that focus on men as primarily being violent victimizers, as well as secondary and disengaged parents. Male studies programs and a journal are necessary to reveal the lived male experience.