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bell hooks

The Will to Change

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  • juanmanuelliehat Zitat gemachtletztes Jahr
    Without a doubt there will always be boys who will choose activities that are rambunctious, that call for physical strength and require an element of risk, but there will also be boys who will seek quieter pleasures, who will turn away from risk.
  • juanmanuelliehat Zitat gemachtletztes Jahr
    The slogan “Make love not war” was popular at that moment in our nation’s history when individual males were most conscious of their need to resist patriarchal masculinity.
  • juanmanuelliehat Zitat gemachtletztes Jahr
    The purpose of resistance, here, is to seek the healing of yourself in order to be able to see clearly…. Communities of resistance should be places where people can return to themselves more easily, where the conditions are such that they can heal themselves and recover their wholeness.
  • juanmanuelliehat Zitat gemachtletztes Jahr
    The women who attacked us did not understand that it was possible to critique patriarchy without hating men. Indeed, recognizing all the ways that males have been victimized by patriarchy (even though they received rewards) was a way of including men in feminist movement, welcoming their presence and honoring their contribution.
  • juanmanuelliehat Zitat gemachtletztes Jahr
    Engaging in self-critique empowers responsible males to admit mistakes. When they have wronged others, they are willing to acknowledge wrongdoing and make amends. When others have wronged them, they are able to forgive. The ability to be forgiving is part of letting go of perfectionism and accepting vulnerability.
  • juanmanuelliehat Zitat gemachtletztes Jahr
    The patriarchal model that tells men that they must be in control at all times is at odds with cultivating the capacity to be responsible, which requires knowing when to control and when to surrender and let go.
  • juanmanuelliehat Zitat gemachtletztes Jahr
    Unable to acknowledge feelings, fathers often cover them up with rage, cruelly severing their own attachment to the son and refusing his love and admiration. The competitive performance model of patriarchy teaches men who father that a son is or will be his adversary, that he has to fear the son’s stealing his glory.
  • juanmanuelliehat Zitat gemachtletztes Jahr
    One dimension of feminist movement that did have a profound impact on men was its insistence that women had the right to critique men both collectively and individually. In the patriarchal home I was raised in, a significant aspect of Dad’s power was that he was beyond critique.
  • juanmanuelliehat Zitat gemachtletztes Jahr
    Workaholism is the most common addiction in men because it is usually rewarded and not taken seriously as detrimental to their emotional well-being.
  • juanmanuelliehat Zitat gemachtletztes Jahr
    Men suffer depression frequently because of their own unfulfilled expectations or their perfectionism (which can never be satisfied since to be human is to be imperfect).
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