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Acknowledgements
We would like to acknowledge the financial support that we have received for this
research which comes from a number of quarters, primarily the Economic and Social
Research Council (Grant No. R000233129) but also, more latterly, the Open
University and the Nottingham Trent University. Our most important debt is to the
men who volunteered to take part in this study. Men today might well be more
willing to talk about themselves as gendered beings, but it is still a somewhat risky
business. As such, our work is entirely dependent upon their courage, co-operation
and willingness to submit their discourse to critical scrutiny.
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