本研究旨在從敘事批評方法分析電影為愛朗讀（The Reader）中的男性創傷（masculine trauma）與性別政治。以Millett的性別政治觀點為理論基礎，本研究將男性創傷界定為：男性在性別互動中，因其失去主控權而導致難以名狀、終其一生的主體失落。研究發現：為愛朗讀藉由「女性主導、男性跟隨」的性別敘事主軸，試圖打造不同於傳統性別權力關係的性別（化）主體／行動者。男性創傷更在性別權力關係的翻轉、角力和重組／再照之際，得以確切地體現。據此本研究指出，主流的性別權力關係本質上僅是歷史偶然性的政治產物，它隨時有被鬆動、挑戰和顛覆的可能性。

This paper is a narrative criticism of masculine trauma in the film The Reader. Drawing on Millett’s perspective of sexual politics, this paper defines masculine trauma as a lifetime subject loss which derives from non-traditional or disordered gender interaction (herein, female is more powerful and dominated than male). And The Reader might be an adequate case to elaborate the identification of gender(ed) subject/agent within some specific plots and its implication for gender politics. Based on the research findings, this paper concluded that the nature of mainstream or gendered power relation is just a historical and contingent artifact. It could be loosened, challenged or dismantled at any time.