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The Man They Wanted Me to Be: Toxic Masculinity and a Crisis of Our Own Making
by Jared Yates Sexton
Part memoir, this book follows the story of the author who grew up in a small town in Indiana, the men and women who shaped his life, and his own struggle in becoming a man. Having grown up in a conservative family and small town in the south, the stories in this book rang true for me and reminded me of the men in my own family. We all need to do a better job of educating ourselves on the pressures our culture puts on men to be tough and stoic and we all need to do a better job of not perpetuating these ideas. As Sexton lays out in the book, it’s possible to be entirely aware of toxic masculinity and the toll it takes on the men in our lives and still contribute to the problem.
When people hear “toxic masculinity”, the first thing that comes to mind is an attack on men and masculinity. This book does an excellent job telling the story of toxic masculinity and how it’s toxic to boys we raise and the men they become. It puts them in a small box, Sexton explains, and ends up hurting them (emotionally AND physically).
Heartbreaking and enlightening, everyone should read this book because it matters. But if you need a more personal reason to pick it up, do it for your dad, brother, husband, son, or nephew.
When people hear “toxic masculinity”, the first thing that comes to mind is an attack on men and masculinity. This book does an excellent job telling the story of toxic masculinity and how it’s toxic to boys we raise and the men they become. It puts them in a small box, Sexton explains, and ends up hurting them (emotionally AND physically).
Heartbreaking and enlightening, everyone should read this book because it matters. But if you need a more personal reason to pick it up, do it for your dad, brother, husband, son, or nephew.