The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780743456081)

From New York Times bestselling author, feminist pioneer, and cultural icon bell hooks, a timelessly necessary 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).

Author: Bell Hooks
ISBN-10: 0743456084
ISBN-13: 9780743456081
Publisher: Washington Square Press
Language: English
Published: 12/21/2004
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.30w x 0.60d

Review Citation(s):
Black Issues Book Review 05/01/2005 pg. 51