the will to change men masculinity and love bell hooks

In The Will to Change, bell hooks gets to the heart of the matter and shows men how to express the emotions that are a fundamental part of who they are?whatever their age, marital status, ethnicity, or sexual orientation.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 : bell hooks : 9780743456081 : Blackwells Home Books Health and Wellbeing Health, Relationships and Personal development Mind, body, spirit The Will to Change Men, Masculinity, and Love bell hooks Paperback () Save £2.61 RRP £12.99 £10.

In other words, feeling deeply, refusing to conform to patriarchal masculinity, is just about as good a way of honoring her memory as anything. But to know love, men must be able to look at the ways that patriarchal culture keeps them from knowing themselves, from being in touch with their feelings, from loving. Perhaps the best thing men can do to honor bell hooks after her passing is to fight to not engage with those outdated social norms. ?bell hooksĮveryone needs to love and be loved?even men. Love is vital to maleness, to the spiritual and emotional wholeness men seek. It is truly intriguing and a well-balanced argument. Men cannot love if they are not taught the art of loving. I highly recommend The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love by bell hooks to anyone who is interested in feminist theory, women’s studies, patriarchy, male and female relationships, male violence towards women, gender studies, misogyny, or sociology. Men cannot change if there are no blueprints for change.

The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love

The will to change men masculinity and love bell hooks