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Bezig met laden... Man Enough: Fathers, Sons, and the Search for Masculinity (Perigee) (editie 1994)door Frank Pittman (Auteur)
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. this book was all right. the author repeated himself a lot, and the book is obviously dated. he leaves room for a lot of different kinds of masculinity and has some interesting things to say about fathers and fatherhood. i think the book is a bit shallow, though, and doesn't delve very deeply into the core of masculinity. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
How does a boy learn to be a man? A man learns masculinity primarily from his father. But generations of boys who grow up without caring fathers or male mentors to emulate are left to guess what "men" are really like. They rely on cultural icons--larger-than-life images--as models of masculinity. As a result, they grow up mirroring overblown myths of manhood. Obsessed with being "man enough," they become philanderers, controllers, and competitors--constantly overcompensating for their loss of a true role model, yet sorely unprepared for family life. In Man Enough, psychiatrist and family therapist Frank Pittman explores what it is like to grow up male today. With great poignancy, humor, and candor, he weaves together case studies from his practice, examples from literature and films, plus personal vignettes from his own experiences as a father to examine these hyper-masculine men and to illustrate how they developed and how they can change. Dr. Pittman asserts that men can move past proving their masculinity and start practicing it by striving with the other guys rather than against them, achieving equality and intimacy with their mates--and by fathering. A man raises himself as he raises children and learns to understand and forgive his parents as he becomes one. An important book for men and women, Man Enough offers a new approach to issues of commitment, caring and control and creates a positive model for the fathers of tomorrow's men. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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But I mainly picked it up hoping it would tell me what I can do to feel like a complete man. I finished reading and don't feel I got my curiosity satisfied yet. For example it talks about comraderi among boys but it doesn't talk about the situation where other ppl around you are not following the brotherhood laws mentioned here. ( )