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@nyx I glanced through it. It...tries but it falls short. I think bell hooks did a more thorough job because she decided, even though she didn't have to, to try and disentangle and lay bear the psychological damage patriarchy inflicts on boys and men in order to make them Boys and Men. Part of it is because black women have, for the most part, never had the luxury of simply cutting themselves off from their male counterparts...as they shared a common condition in being oppressed by whiteness. That being said, I think sometimes the "male/female as class" perspective can be taken too far to the point where it can do harm. For instance, I think a mother should be allowed to bring their very young sons into a women's shelter as said sons are likely as much victims of their father's wrath as their mothers. Esp. since in reality people don't divide neatly into men and women, and within each category there are in fact more than one kind of man and woman...and certain masculinities are more marginalized and even subordinated. Even as I admit they get manipulated or willingly cooperate with the dominant masculinities.