These values are resettable.

Thus, for example, in the 1990s, the mythopoetic strand of the American men's movement drew on ancient myths in order to argue for a natural, pre-ordained gender order, in spite of the fact that these myths derived from a patriarchal, feudal past whose genderscape was no more natural than the present one.

It was watching her with cold animal curiosity, something demonish and conscienceless.

More success followed, both straight and comedic, with hits such as Dead Poets' Society (1989), in which Williams scored another Oscar nomination for skilfully handling a classic rogue teacher role that hovers just this side of sentimentality, […]