![]() ![]() She said, “when I first began looking at gender issues, I believed that violence was a by-product of boyhood socialization. Bell Hooks has been looking at gender issues for years. ![]() Males would really need blueprints for change from feminism. ![]() This book argues that feminist work need to be more specific in addressing males. ![]() They can dissimulate, but they can never break patriarchy’s hold on their consciousness.” As Bell Hooks understood the impacts of popular culture on our lives, she also mentioned how “the vast majority of contemporary films send the message that males cannot escape the beast within. However, women are conditioned to be afraid to hear men voice their feelings. When it comes to boys, Bell Hooks saw that “most adults are more comfortable confronting a raging teenager than one who is overwhelmed by sorrow and cannot stop weeping.” Feminist activists that wants to end sexist oppression should be more than wiling to hear men when they are speaking their pain. This book explained why it is important for boys and men to embrace feminism. “The notion that men who have lost touch with their mothers have lost touch with parts of themselves is a powerful one - powerful enough to provoke change.” ![]()
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