Summary of bell hooks's The Will To Change

Everest Media

Description

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 The female hunger for male love is so intense that it is tearing women apart. Women are starving for love, but they are afraid to speak about it for fear of being mocked, pitied, or shamed.
#2 Men are longing for love, but they are afraid to admit it. The truth is that men are suffering, and they want to be delivered from the lie of masculinity.
#3 Men are also hurt and unable to express their pain, which leads to them becoming emotionally numb. They are not just hurting, but the entire culture responds to their pain by saying, Please do not tell us what you feel.
#4 Men are afraid to express their feelings, especially love, because it might reveal their emotional vulnerability. Women, on the other hand, are afraid to hear men’s feelings because they might be accused of failing at being a strong woman.

Sujets

• Love
• Love (disambiguation)
• Women's studies

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 13 mars 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781669353874
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Insights on bell hooks's The Will to Change
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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The female hunger for male love is so intense that it is tearing women apart. Women are starving for love, but they are afraid to speak about it for fear of being mocked, pitied, or shamed.

#2

Men are longing for love, but they are afraid to admit it. The truth is that men are suffering, and they want to be delivered from the lie of masculinity.

#3

Men are also hurt and unable to express their pain, which leads to them becoming emotionally numb. They are not just hurting, but the entire culture responds to their pain by saying, Please do not tell us what you feel.

#4

Men are afraid to express their feelings, especially love, because it might reveal their emotional vulnerability. Women, on the other hand, are afraid to hear men’s feelings because they might be accused of failing at being a strong woman.

#5

In patriarchal culture, it is extremely difficult to love men. We may care deeply about them, and we may feel that we cannot live without their presence, but we still maintain the boundaries that patriarchy has created.

#6

To end male violence, we must end the culture of male supremacy that teaches them that it is their nature to kill. We must teach boys that they have the ability to change their nature, and that they are loved just for being who they are.

#7

My mother’s father, Daddy Gus, was a man who loved. He was emotionally aware and emotionally present, but he was also trapped by a patriarchal bond. My mother’s mother, Grandma Betty, was always invested in the dominator model of relationships, and she never saw how lucky she was to have a loving father.

#8