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Supporting Feminism as a Man: By Way of a Conclusion

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Lee reflects in this chapter on his place as a man in the women’s rights efforts he has been a part of in Malaysia in order to consider more generally the place of men in supporting feminism. Lee explores how some men, including Prime Ministers, have sometimes made unhelpful and even harmful interventions for women, and draws on writings of feminist women and men to propose a way of conceiving of men’s positive support for feminism.

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Lee, J.C.H. (2018). Supporting Feminism as a Man: By Way of a Conclusion. In: Women’s Activism in Malaysia. Palgrave Pivot, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78969-9_5

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