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porcelainbluebird's review against another edition
5.0
(Audiobook)
Excellent, eloquent thoughts on masculinity & its evolving place in future society.
Excellent, eloquent thoughts on masculinity & its evolving place in future society.
timmy_newtron's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
Some of the best 140 pages I have read so far, in general. What struck me most is the openness of the author. Over and over again, Grayson Perry undermines his oppinions amd arguments not just with scientific findings but with reflections on his own sexuality and masculinity. He practices what he preaches. This makes the book not just more palpable but also more light hearted. Perry closes the book with remarks on male role models. He might be one himself.
I also enjoyed that Perry's proposals for change are hands on and seem realistic, tied to the problems men are facing. One could argue that this book is feministic literature. I would state the opposite. I think this is the first actual masculine...istic (not machoistic) book I have read so far.
PS: I had some good laughs, too.
I also enjoyed that Perry's proposals for change are hands on and seem realistic, tied to the problems men are facing. One could argue that this book is feministic literature. I would state the opposite. I think this is the first actual masculine...istic (not machoistic) book I have read so far.
PS: I had some good laughs, too.
xoxochrly's review
I'm so tired of people railing against gender essentialism (based) and then committing gender essentialism on the next page, even if it sounds positive - like the "inherently" better social skills and emotional literacy in ALL women.
melonplenders's review against another edition
3.0
Finally, someone using the word equality over feminism!
tanja_alina_berg's review against another edition
4.0
"
Men's rights
The right to be vulnerable
The right to be weak
The right to be wrong
The right to be intuitive
The right not to know
The right to be uncertain
The right to be flexible
The right not be ashamed of any of these
"
I am a declared feminist in the sense that I consider equal rights and opportunities between the sexes a given. Women's rights are human rights. It's quite refreshing to read a Greyason Perry's thoughtful little book on how masculinity is bad for everyone - particularly men. The constraints it puts on man are narrow and unfulfilling.
The other striking thing about this book is that I exposes the progress in my adopted country of Norway. Although I of course encounter self-declared machos, the majority of men that I associate with are caring husbands and fathers, in tune with their own feelings. Men who happily spend months at home with their small children, a particular perk of being employed in Norway. As mentioned during a lunch discussion, I am not automatically treated as dumb by strangers because I'm a pretty blond female - as was most definitely the case in some other countries I've lived in. It's not like Norway is the perfect ideal equal society, but it's come pretty far.
"Masculinty is not a condition in isolation. The Departmen of Masculinty has a hand in everything. If we manage to reframe a version of masculinty fit for a happy future then perhaps we would be less likely to go to war, more empathetic to the weak, less bound up in the status of wealth and more concerned about the rewards of good relationships. This would be great. We can talk about masculinty until we are blue in the face, but if the world's other huge problems are not confronted, the unhelpful versions of what it is to be a man will surely thrive. Masculinity will not change unless the economic, cultural and social conditions welcome that change."
Less masculinity would be beneficial for everyone - particularly men themselves. The defined rules of old school masculinity are constricting and inconstructive. Let's look forward to a more tolerant society with fluid, rather than rigid, roles for men and women.
Men's rights
The right to be vulnerable
The right to be weak
The right to be wrong
The right to be intuitive
The right not to know
The right to be uncertain
The right to be flexible
The right not be ashamed of any of these
"
I am a declared feminist in the sense that I consider equal rights and opportunities between the sexes a given. Women's rights are human rights. It's quite refreshing to read a Greyason Perry's thoughtful little book on how masculinity is bad for everyone - particularly men. The constraints it puts on man are narrow and unfulfilling.
The other striking thing about this book is that I exposes the progress in my adopted country of Norway. Although I of course encounter self-declared machos, the majority of men that I associate with are caring husbands and fathers, in tune with their own feelings. Men who happily spend months at home with their small children, a particular perk of being employed in Norway. As mentioned during a lunch discussion, I am not automatically treated as dumb by strangers because I'm a pretty blond female - as was most definitely the case in some other countries I've lived in. It's not like Norway is the perfect ideal equal society, but it's come pretty far.
"Masculinty is not a condition in isolation. The Departmen of Masculinty has a hand in everything. If we manage to reframe a version of masculinty fit for a happy future then perhaps we would be less likely to go to war, more empathetic to the weak, less bound up in the status of wealth and more concerned about the rewards of good relationships. This would be great. We can talk about masculinty until we are blue in the face, but if the world's other huge problems are not confronted, the unhelpful versions of what it is to be a man will surely thrive. Masculinity will not change unless the economic, cultural and social conditions welcome that change."
Less masculinity would be beneficial for everyone - particularly men themselves. The defined rules of old school masculinity are constricting and inconstructive. Let's look forward to a more tolerant society with fluid, rather than rigid, roles for men and women.
ariek0's review against another edition
2.0
DNF. Important message but this was boring, nothing that hasn’t been said before. I probably could’ve wrote this at ALevel.