It has been 18 years since Futures had a special issue on 'Gender and Change' [1]. Magda Cordell McHale, who edited that 1989 special issues, and Peggy Choong, summarised the rationale in the following words: As we approach the end of the 20th century we seem to be fraught with self-doubts and burdened with unmanaged problems. ... The kind of severe disruption and social transformation we are experiencing in this decade seems to suggest that we are coming to the end of an old period and are in the throes of a new era... Clearly, the crises we face today call for a different approach. The principles of 'masculinity' have shown themselves to be limited and deficient. A softer, more caring attitude is required... This new approach, the gender partnership... is an approach that recognizes the quality and values of the entire human race... [2].
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