The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love

by bell hooks

It is patriarchy, in its denial of the full humanity of boys, that threatens the emotional lives of boys, not feminist thinking.

“When girls are inducted into womanhood, what is it exactly that they have to say that must be silenced. What is the truth women carry that cannot be spoken. The answer is simple and chilling. Girls, women—and also young boys—all share this in common. None may speak the truth about men.”