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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). Anthropology Gender Studies Social Sciences Emotions Discrimination
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An honest discussion on the issues the everyday faces in a society that dictates our manliness and what attributes underpin men’s value in society

Brutally honest

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Well written by bell hooks. Think every women should read this book. Wish I read it sooner.

Great book

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Definitely a must read for all men who would like to define what healthy masculinity must be.

Amazing book

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What an amazing book by Bell Hooks. I only wish I heard these words many years ago.

This books provides a history of male behaviour and past traumas. Then she tells us how we might look at things and change our behaviour in order to be better men, good men and more in tune with our emotions, selves and others around us.

Can not recommend this enough.

Exceptional and required

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This book has been an enthralling and much needed read for me. I loved all of it, and was left feeling quite called out a few times too. I would call it brutally accurate.

Love over dominance

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