Jamie’s Reviews > The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love > Status Update

Ch.4 This chapter was a lot more cohesive. The explanation behind physical and emotional abuse by both men and women as a result of patriarchal reinforcement makes a lot of sense to me. Important idea about the potential for change in a negative sense despite former anti-patriarchal thinking, particularly as men become older. However still more claims without citations. I like the strong emotive anecdotes.

The stuff about why and how anger is perpetuated through the patriarchy was interesting. Same with a boy's relationship with their father, and a father with their son. The Harry Potter example felt odd and kinda incorrect. There are also lots of blanket statements in this book presented as fact, but with no evidence or citations, which is a shame because it's hard to then entertain the interesting ideas put forth