Allan G. Johnson is a nationally recognized sociologist, nonfiction author, novelist, and public speaker best known for his work on issues of privilege and oppression, especially in relation to gender and race. He is the author of numerous books, including Privilege, Power, and Difference. His work has been translated into several languages and excerpted in numerous anthologies. Visit him online at www.agjohnson.us and follow his blog at www.agjohnson.wordpress.com.

• Preface  Acknowledgments  Part I What Is This Thing Called Patriarchy?1 Where Are We? 2 Patriarchy, the System: An It, Not a He, a Them, or an Us3 Why Patriarchy? 4 Ideology, Myth, and Magic: Femininity, Masculinity, and 'Gender Roles' 5 Feminists and Feminism   Part II Sustaining Illusions, Barriers to Change6 Thinking about Patriarchy: War, Sex, and Work 7 What Patriarchy? 8 It Must Be Women   Part III Unraveling the Patriarchal Legacy9 Shame, Guilt, and Responsibility 10 What Changes and What Does Not: Manhood and Violence 11 What Can We Do? Unraveling the Gender Knot   Appendix: Resources for Unraveling the Knot   Notes   Glossary   Index

"The Gender Knot illuminates vast areas of previously unexamined and unnamed effects of 'power over' social systems, and provides a beacon of hope and a message of courage. This book is brilliant and life-changing"-Judith V Jordan, Ph.D., Director of the Jean Baker Miller Training Institute, Wellesley Centers for Women, and Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School