Odysseus, 2, 73, 79–81, 90, 113, 128

Oedipus, 34, 87, 150–152, 290

Osherson, Samuel, 122, 128, 129, 222, 293

Patriarchy, 1, 2, 14, 17, 20, 28, 176, 177, 186, 208, 210, 219, 240, 274, 279, 297

Plastic sexuality, 152

Pleasure principle, 150, 151

Pleck, Joseph, 10, 11, 167, 217, 224, 239, 241, 242, 293, 295, 297

Postmodern man, 9, 10, 241

Power man, 6–8

Profeminist perspective, 14, 15, 217, 241

Profit man, 6

Promise Keepers, 24–26, 284, 293

Psychological man, 9, 216

Puer aeternus, 95, 296

Reichert, Dr. Michael, 61, 293

Reid-Pharr, Robert, 191, 294

Renaissance male, 4, 216, 240

Ridley, Matthew, 158, 159, 161, 222, 294

Rites of passage, 94, 97–100, 111, 138, 193–196, 205, 226, 239, 242, 244, 281, 294, 296

Ritual elders, 97, 196

Robinson, Bishop Eugene, 22

Rohr, Richard, 118, 119, 294

Rubenstein, Arne, 194, 294

Sacred space, 29, 96, 99, 102, 138, 140, 288

Saint George and the Dragon, 202

Saint Paul, 3

Schaller, James J., 119, 120, 294

School of Lost Borders, 101, 102, 195, 214, 294

Self-made man, 8, 9, 216, 217

Seven-step process for male self-healing, 92

Shakespeare, 4, 207

Shame, 32, 36–38, 67, 81–86, 88, 90, 91, 106, 108, 117, 183, 188, 260, 275, 283, 285, 286, 288–290, 292, 294

Shaywitz, Drs. Sally E. and Bennet A., 56, 294

Signifying, 188, 275

Socialist perspective, 18, 19, 52, 217, 241

Sociobiology, 42, 51, 157, 162, 296

Sommers, Christina Hoff, 55, 60, 61, 295

Spiritual male, 3, 4, 216, 240

Stage development theory, 65

Stein, Murray, 43, 44, 69, 72, 73, 94, 114, 132, 295

Stevens, Anthony, 69, 71–73, 94, 95, 131, 132, 251, 295

Stonewall Inn, 19, 181

Tacey, David, 100, 101, 144, 170–172, 174, 216, 224, 295

Testosterone, 58, 59, 156, 161, 166, 209, 220, 233, 248, 287

Transsexuality, 156

Traumatic abrogation of the early holding environment, 36, 86

Trickster, 95, 110, 134, 141, 259, 262

Trioden, Richard, 181–183, 295

Van Gennep, Arnold, 94, 98, 99, 296

Virgil, 2

Vision quest, 102–104, 110, 111, 203, 204, 208, 209, 214, 224, 239, 281, 286

Webb, Stephen, 61, 296

Wilde, Oscar, 10, 68, 101

Wilson, Edward O., 13, 157, 296

Working class gay males, 185