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10% Happier with Dan Harris
He referenced bell hooks' book "The Will to Change", which focuses on masculinity. She argues that the first act of violence demanded of men by patriarchy is not violence against women, but violence against their own emotional selves.
I think particularly in men, there's a fascinating part in bell hooks, the will to change, which is her focus on masculinity, where she talks about the first act of violence that patriarchy demands of...
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He referenced bell hooks' book "The Will to Change", which focuses on masculinity. She argues that the first act of violence demanded of men by patriarchy is not violence against women, but violence against their own emotional selves.
I think particularly in men, there's a fascinating part in bell hooks, the will to change, which is her focus on masculinity, where she talks about the first act of violence that patriarchy demands of males is not violence against women, but violence against the emotional parts of the self to cut out the parts of ourselves that feel deeply.
