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  • The Will to Change

  • Men, Masculinity, and Love
  • By: bell hooks
  • Narrated by: Janina Edwards
  • Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (1,466 ratings)

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The Will to Change

By: bell hooks
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Everyone needs to love and be loved - even men. But to know love, men must be able to look at the ways that patriarchal culture keeps them from knowing themselves, from being in touch with their feelings, from loving. In The Will to Change, bell hooks gets to the heart of the matter and shows men how to express the emotions that are a fundamental part of who they are - whatever their age, marital status, ethnicity, or sexual orientation.

But toxic masculinity punishes those fundamental emotions, and it’s so deeply ingrained in our society that it’s hard for men to not comply - but hooks wants to help change that.

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. She believes men can find the way to spiritual unity by getting back in touch with the emotionally open part of themselves - and lay claim to the rich and rewarding inner lives that have historically been the exclusive province of women. A brave and astonishing work, The Will to Change is designed to help men reclaim the best part of themselves.

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Loved!

This book gave me so much free game. Bell Hooks Elaborated more on what I already believed about men. If you love any man this is a book worth a read. It starts with a man first to destroy Patriarchy but woman Immediately after.

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incredibly humbly and educational

finally the answer and explanation of all my questions of men and my relating.

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Excellent Book!!!👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

Every man should take the time to listen to this book. Most will uncover some truth about themselves as well as the plight of women while deconstructing their own patriarchal mentality.

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Society needs this book

This book is vital for the transformation of our society towards love and health. Hooks is a brilliant scholar who explores relational gender rolls between men and women. Read this. You will not regret it.

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bell hooks never missed the mark

This book, like all her books is a breath of fresh air for perspectives on masculinity, both toxic and healthy. A guide for those looking to heal and support healing from the psychologic, emotional and physical harms to and by men.

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Good listen

this help shaped my perspective on life in a much better way to raise a boy

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Wealth of insight, for anyone wanting tools for positive change.

While feminist in tone, the resources and practices present irrelevant any kind of social Evolution.

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Mind Blown

This was a great book with so much I hadn’t considered regarding masculinity and how our society feeds the toxic version and its followers.

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mind blowing!

everybody NEEDS TO READ THIS BOOK! it's an eye opener especially as a woman and how patriarchy is the true problem. Def 10 out of 10!

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This book raised some interesting points about building a lasting paradigm of equality to replace patriarchy.

Enjoyed the ideas raised. This is a must read for any human who believes in real equality of all humankind.

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