Eugene August Summary

August, a teacher of English and Chair of Humanities at the University of Dayton has been examining and researching sexism. This research has been directed towards men and how they have been a subject of generalizations. We find this article in Men's Studies: A Selected and Interdisciplinary Bibliography published in 1985. The main point that August is trying to convey is how language is used to break down and victimize men and their social standing as written in the preface of the article. August believes that the media and the educational aspects in life are teaching the wrong things by what kind of language is used to portray men and their role in society. Eugene uses the media in a big way to counterpoint his argument that men are being singled out by the way certain words are used. He first starts off by talking about how men are in domestic abuse cases and how forms of rape all lead back to women being the victims. In the definition of rape as stated by a college brochure, it says " rape is THE universal crime against all women." These kinds of statements fail to mention the other men in the world that are actually victims of rape. August also blames Gender Feminists for the type of generalizations that males are getting because they have the most influence over the media and the type of education each person is receiving about this issue. To go into this assumption by August he uses three types of anti-male language. These words are misandry, androphobia and patriarchy. All of these words are used as being on a woman's side of view and can relate back to hatred of men. August then concludes his argument by stating what could happen to the male when this hatred and stereotyping keep happening.