
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.

?bell hooksĮveryone needs to love and be loved?even men. Love is vital to maleness, to the spiritual and emotional wholeness men seek. Men cannot love if they are not taught the art of loving. Men cannot change if there are no blueprints for change.

The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love
