Why Men Hurt Women and Other Reflections on Love, Violence and Masculinity

Download or read book Why Men Hurt Women and Other Reflections on Love, Violence and Masculinity written by Kopano Ratele and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2022-09 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book represents Kopano Ratele's meditations on love, violence and masculinity. Men in our society, Ratele contends, suffer from an unrecognised, painful yet consequential love hunger that sets in during boyhood. This need for love may lie at the root of some masculine violence. Ultimately, the book seeks to imagine the possibility of a more loving masculinity in a society awash with violence. Ratele argues that just as the beliefs and practices relating to gender, sexuality and the nature of love are constantly being challenged and revised, so our ideas about masculinity, and men's and boys' capacity to show genuine loving care for each other and for women, can evolve too."--Back cover.