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Expendable and Disposable? Discussing Cultural Exploitation of Men

Is There Anything Good About Men? How Cultures Flourish By Exploiting Men. By Roy F. Baumeister, New York, Oxford University Press, 2010. 280 pp. $24.95 (hardback). ISBN: 978-0195374100

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Weiss, E. Expendable and Disposable? Discussing Cultural Exploitation of Men. Sex Roles 66, 571–573 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-011-0114-2

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