The power of patriarchy has been to make maleness feared and to make m…

Bell Hooks
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The power of patriarchy has been to make maleness feared and to make men feel that it is better to be feared that to be loved. Whether they can confess this or not, men know that just is not true. ✨ Bell Hooks (2004). The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love, Washington Square Pr
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The power of patriarchy has been to make maleness feared and to make men feel that it is better to be feared that to be loved. Whether they can confess this or not, men know that just is not true. ✨ Bell Hooks (2004). The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love, Washington Square Pr

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