bell hooks: Cultural Criticism & Transformation

I would recommend reading A. Shahid Stover his book: Hip Hop Intellectual Resistance. It deals with a lot of the similar themes.

To MrLycanthropy:
I would like to point out (after having just finished taking Theory for Social Work course) that your idea about feminism being solely anti-men or 'man bashing' is way off course. The fact that you hold the belief--though you are entitled to it--that men are more powerful, stronger and more dominant than women contributes to the disempowerment and oppression that women face.
The feminist movement is the search for equality for all people regardless of class, race or gender.

I have read Bell Hook's book and Jessica Valenti's, Hooks is a brilliant woman with views i do not agree with, but she's a respectable individual who gives you something to think about. Valenti is a shock and awe Howard Stern of the feminist movement, the idea that people will listen to what she has to say shows that any feminist movement credibility is really in danger. If feminists want a movement pushed take idiots like this out of the process. Hooks, you have this anti-feminists respect.

Feminism is an inability for women to understand that men are made in a position of dominance. Men are bigger, stronger and that is how it is suppose to be because the male job is to protect and support, they are built for this, women are built for childbirth and care, it's a biological fact not a moral discussion, and while these don't have to be the only part of life but it's a fact this is the primary job for life. If you don't like it fine, but don't try to guilt others into abnormality.

whoa bud. If you are interested in understanding this stuff check out: Allan G. johnson. a book called privilege power and difference is a good read. Or if you can find his article "patriarchy" on google scholar that one is a bit more to the point. Maybe Bell Hooks Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center. That is way more chewy.

Idk if its to me or apexpark but yeah ive read part of that ook actually.

Not necessarily since i read ur 1st post which did not make sense to begin with "liberate white men"

if you believe that racism and sexism are simply individualistic issues in which white men oppress women and people of color, then you will always find the liberation of white men to be ridiculous. However, if you view racism and sexism as systems of oppression in which privilege is an illusion that keeps agents of oppression from reevaluating their relationships with oppressed groups by promising things that will never be emotionally fulfilling (sex, money, power), then you can understand it.

Now its cleared up, much better.

;-)