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A review by roxanne_blythe
The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love by bell hooks
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
This book really does explain men masculinity, and love. I feel like the intended audience is women, not that men don’t need to read this, but I feel like it was directed towards feminists.
The main messaging is pretty decent. There are some points that I don’t fully agree with specially the blame that’s kind of placed on mothers for upholding the patriarchy. Not that they should be blameless, but I feel like the way that bell hooks writes about fathers is very different from the way that she talks about mothers.
Maybe I will need to revisit those points but for now I just feel like there’s not a lot of nuance when it comes to patriarchal mothers
The main messaging is pretty decent. There are some points that I don’t fully agree with specially the blame that’s kind of placed on mothers for upholding the patriarchy. Not that they should be blameless, but I feel like the way that bell hooks writes about fathers is very different from the way that she talks about mothers.
Maybe I will need to revisit those points but for now I just feel like there’s not a lot of nuance when it comes to patriarchal mothers
Content Warnings
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, Violence, and War
Moderate: Addiction, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence