Matthew Gutmann

Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, Brown University

Matthew Gutmann is professor emeritus of anthropology at Brown University in Rhode Island. His latest book is Are Men Animals? How Modern Masculinity Sells Men Short (2019).

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Written by Matthew Gutmann

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Are men animals?

Diagnosing men as violent and oversexed beasts is tempting but it’s a regressive idea built on dubious analogies

Matthew Gutmann

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Testosterone is widely, and sometimes wildly, misunderstood

Matthew Gutmann