The Will to Change

Men, Masculinity, and Love

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The Will to Change

By: bell hooks, Ross Gay - introduction

Narrated by: Janina Edwards

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From New York Times bestselling author, feminist pioneer, and cultural icon bell hooks, an evergreen treatise on how patriarchy and toxic masculinity hurts us all.

Feminist writing did not tell us about the deep inner misery of men.

Everyone needs to love and be loved—including men. But to know love, men must be able to look at the ways in which patriarchal culture keeps them from understanding themselves. In The Will to Change, bell hooks provides a compassionate guide for men of all ages and identities to understand how to be in touch with their feelings, and how to express versus repress the emotions that are a fundamental part of who we are.

With trademark candor and fierce intelligence, hooks addresses the most common concerns of men, such as fear of intimacy and loss of their patriarchal place in society, in new and challenging ways. The Will to Change “creates space for men to acknowledge their traumas and heal—not only for their sake, but for the sake of everyone in their lives” (BuzzFeed).

bell hooksRoss Gay - introductionJanina EdwardsSimon & Schuster Audio

Anthropology

Gender Studies

Social Sciences

Emotions

Discrimination

Anthropology Gender Studies Social Sciences Emotions Discrimination

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This is a complicated subject, and we are all too often aware of the worst effects our patriarchal society has on the lives of women, but the impact on men is never discussed. So, Bell Hooks looks at how this dominator society we are part of has adverse effects on the lives of men who, despite men welding power, are as much victims as are women.
This book would be one of my recommendations.

She focuses on, the lack of emotional underdevelopment, lack of self-expression, and inability to show vulnerability and much more.