There seems to be a fear that if men are raised to be people of integrity, people who can love, they will be unable to be forceful and act violently if needed…. We see that females that are raised with the traits any person of integrity embodies can act with tenderness, with assertiveness, and with aggression if and when aggression is needed.

There seems to be a fear that if men are raised to be people of integrity, people who can love, they will be unable to be forceful and act violently if needed…. We see that females that are raised with the traits any person of integrity embodies can act with tenderness, with assertiveness, and with aggression if and when aggression is needed.

– bell hooks –

The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love

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