Both men and women must commit to change. She admonishes the small subsect of feminist activists who project “man-hating” rhetoric, arguing that patriarchy will never be destroyed so long as men are left out of the conversation and written off as hopeless.
In the preface, hooks makes a bold statement: Women need to make space to love men. Her work focuses on three themes: Partnership Model and Feminist Masculinity, Impacts of Patriarchal Culture on Men, and Contributors to the Persistence of Patriarchy. Patriarchy becomes a cycle of domination that damages everyone. She outlines the ways that patriarchal values inhibit and damage men, leaving them isolated and emotionally stunted. hooks argues that ignoring this point leaves both men and women in the bondage of patriarchy. Regardless of sexual orientation, men need to love and be loved by women at the same time, women need to love and be loved by men. She believes that the only way to dismantle patriarchy is to recognize that it annihilates everything around it, including the very people it is intended to uplift. hooks argues that while feminism has made great strides in advancing equality in the workplace, it fails to address systemic problems that damage the relationships between men and women. The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love advocates for a new way of thinking about patriarchal culture and the influence it has on both men and women. Content Warning: The source material features discussions about the effects of patriarchy, including abuse, violence, sexual assault, and anti-gay bias.Īt the core of hooks’s thesis is love.
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