The Man They Wanted Me to Be

Toxic Masculinity and a Crisis of Our Own Making

Author: Jared Yates Sexton
ISBN: 9781640091818

"By carefully and soberly examining his own story, Sexton deconstructs American life and gives many examples of how pervasive toxic masculinity is in our culture." —Henry Rollins, Los Angeles Times "This book is critically important to our historical moment . . . [C]rackles with intensity and absolutely refuses to allow the reader to look away for even a moment from the blight that toxic masculinity in America has wrought." —Nicholas Cannariato, NPR The author of The People Are Going to Rise Like the Waters Upon Your Shore turns his keen eye to our current crisis of masculinity using his upbringing in rural Indiana to examine the personal and societal dangers of the patriarchy Based on his provocative and popular New York Times op-ed, The Man They Wanted Me to Be is both memoir and cultural analysis. Jared Yates Sexton alternates between an examination of his working-class upbringing and historical, psychological, and sociological sources that examine the genesis of toxic masculi

Publisher: Counterpoint Press
Publish Date: 2019-05-07

Subjects: Social Science / Gender Studies, Social Science / Men's Studies, Social Science / Feminism & Feminist Theory, Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Women's Center (Location: Men/Masculinities)