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A History of Masculinity
- From Patriarchy to Gender Justice
- Narrated by: Joe Jameson
- Length: 11 hrs and 58 mins
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Summary
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What does it mean to be a good man? To be a good father or a good partner? A good brother or a good friend?
In this insightful analysis, social historian Ivan Jablonka offers a re-examination of the patriarchy and its impact on men. Ranging widely across cultures, from Mesopotamia to Confucianism to Christianity to the revolutions of the 18th century, Jablonka uncovers the origins of our patriarchal societies. He then offers an updated model of masculinity based on a theory of gender justice that aims for a redistribution of gender, just as social justice demands the redistribution of wealth.
Arguing that it is high time for men to be as involved in gender justice as women, Jablonka shows that in order to build a more equal and respectful society, we must gain a deeper understanding of the structure of patriarchy - and reframe the conversation so that men define themselves by the rights of women. Widely acclaimed in France, this is an important work from a major thinker.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Oliver Robinson-Sivyer
- 09-05-22
All men should read this.
Imperative reading for men to read to understand the level of privilege we are sitting at, and how to better the world by challenging the patriarchal paradigm
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- Matthew
- 23-10-22
A Hatred of Masculinity
This book will go down in history as another largely unread example of fourth wave feminism going too far and unmasking itself as an anti male movement.
I should add that I didn’t feel that way before I listened to this book, but when you write a novel claiming to be a history and you launch a 10+ hour assault on everything male, leaving no stone unturned, it’s hard to see it any other way.
Not once in this fiction does the author address the fact that we live in a world where women can do everything men can do and men still can’t give birth. A fact not likely to change, even if you play with definitions.
This single fact gives women the power over life and fatherhood (her body her choice) and renders men effectively useless on earth without female permission and consent and still we have to listen to diatribes like this that outline how women have no power and everything men have left (sports, the life of the mind, the workplace and the company of other males) is inherently toxic, patriarchal and misogynistic.
The author should be utterly ashamed to call himself a historian on men, a friend to women and rational novelist.
Every negative utterance about woke ideology can be justified by the existence of this book.
It’s more likely to damage the relationship between men and women than help anyone progress.
It will go down in history as the greatest printed result of self loathing as hero complex alongside White Fragility and some suicide notes.
If you’re male, for god’s sake don’t touch this.
Women have never been pathetic and weak and it’s not 1800.
Be kind
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