The Man They Wanted Me to Be: Toxic Masculinity and a Crisis of Our Own Making by Jared Yates Sexton

The Man They Wanted Me to Be: Toxic Masculinity and a Crisis of Our Own Making

Jared Yates Sexton

266 pages first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction feminism memoir psychology reflective medium-paced

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The author of The People Are Going to Rise Upon Your Shore turns his keen eye to our current crisis of masculinity using his upbringing in a rural, patriarchal home as an entry point to consider the personal and societal dangers of performative ge...

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informative 83%
reflective 83%
challenging 50%
emotional 50%
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dark 16%
inspiring 8%
sad 8%
tense 8%

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slow 8%

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