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 with Jared Yates Sexton (Narrator)

6 hours, 42 minutes first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction feminism memoir psychology reflective medium-paced

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Based on his provocative and popular New York Times op-ed, The Man They Wanted Me to Be is both memoir and cultural analysis. Jared Yates Sexton alternates between an examination of his working class upbringing and historical, psychological, and s...

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informative 85%
reflective 78%
challenging 57%
emotional 50%
hopeful 28%
dark 21%
inspiring 14%
sad 7%
tense 7%

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slow 7%

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