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My takeaways were that men and boys were being forced to conform to a stereotype at an extremely young age and how men go to great lengths to not show emotion.

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My biggest takeaways from Bell Hook's were one the incredibly young age at which men are conformed into a stereotype and two how this patriarchy affects them when they become a father.

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I was blown away by the word mask hidden inside of masculinity. I highly doubt that is an accident and it's just so sad to realize.

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My top 2 biggest takeaways are that the patriarchy negatively affects men just as much as it oppresses women. My other takeaway is that we as people are going to have to work with the men in our lives to help fix the emotional burden society has placed on them.

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my 2 biggest takeaways were how men were placed into a stereotype at such a young age, setting high expectations for what they need to be like. my second takeaway is the suppression of emotions that men feel obliged to participate in, in order to feel strong.

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My first takeaway is that Bell Hooks really emphasizes the importance of responsibility. She talks about how men need to take responsibility to realize the toxic/hurtful patriarchal system, but then they need to actively work to change it. My second takeaway is that Bell Hooks says that men give up their integrity. She says that integrity is the opposite of compartmentalization, but that male compartmentalization is normalized. Integrity is necessary to feel whole and united within oneself.

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1. Bell Hooks explains a whole lot about the importance of responsibility. Talking about men, patriarchal system, especially how they all need to come together as one to make it all work out.

2. Men were already put to a stereotype at a young age which made it harder to grow up knowing that they must act like this and that just to fit the gender role.

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my top two biggest takeaways from our bell hooks readings were 1)the patriarchal system of power does damage to all genders not just women and acknowledging that is the first hurdle that we as a society have to jump through because as of right now, it is still a subject of conversation that is not widely accepted and 2) the feminist movement is what what we as a society need to use to propel this issue into the forefront of social conversations. While for a long time the feminist movement was seen as anti-man, we know know that the patriarchy is harmful to men as well and the feminist movement can help shed light on that issue by incorporating men into the movement and showing them that the feminist movement is not anti-man but anti-patriarchy.

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Patriarchy hurts men too, patriarchy is upheld intentionally or unintentionally by men and women

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One of my biggest takeaways from this Bell Hooks reading is the use of affirmation in breeding compassion and empathy. Bell Hooks emphasizes that affirmation in providing emotional care to men through their process of self-actualization and discusses its importance in aiding mental illness; this really resonated with me. My second biggest takeaway was the influence of father figures in perpetuating or dismantling the patriarchy. Hooks discusses how important it is for fathers to practice integrity and foster emotional connections with sons, as opposed to closing them out or using anger as their only tool of emotional response. Noting this behavioral cycle seems so important to acknowledge to me.

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My 2 biggest takeaways from the Bell Hook's readings were how at at such a young age men are conformed to fit a stereotype and how

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- first one is how much the patriarchy is inherently supported everyday in peopled actions and what they say
- how much more effort men may put into covering their feelings instead of confronting them

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my 2 top takeaways form the Bell Kooks reading was first where she shed light on how the patriarchy system forced onto little boys, and also how she really shows how to overcome this system forced on men. she talks about how the system of patriarchy is forced on boy's because of the norms and like standards we have created for men and boys to act in today's society. all of this leads to men really acting as if they have no emotions, and really hurts the once feel spirited boy's as they grow up. now, when she talks about overcoming the system, she refers to having integrity and creating a space for the new you, that allows for you show emotions, can express opinions and thoughts with fear of shame, etc.. this take way helps show that eventho their is a like norm of patriarchy for men set in today's society, you can still overcome by making change's in your life, and allowing for your self to actually use emotions with fear of being shamed.

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My top 2 biggest takeaways from the readings are that 1) The patriarchy is extremely harmful to men as well as women and 2)These harmful stereotypes are fully ingrained into our society so if things are expected to change it is almost completely up to our generation to fix them. I think that when most people think about who the patriarchy harms they think of women, but as Hooks explains, the patriarchy can be very damaging to men as well. I think that we need to be aware that it's something that hurts everyone if we want to dismantle the patriarchy.

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Hooks' analysis of the patriarchy and its detrimental effects on men highlights the harsh realities of masculinity in today's culture. Societal norms/expectations, combined with internalized suppression of emotions, has left men emotionally stunted, thus incapable of true human expression. We have been deprived of the space in society, and in our own minds, to be vulnerable and honest about our emotions. Hooks states that men's greatest coping mechanism is compartmentalizing and filling the void with workaholism. As men, we have been conditioned to believe that the best way to cope with the denial of male emotion is to put them in a box, releasing them only when deemed appropriate by others (this mainly happens in situations of anger). We have a long way to go before men are truly ready to become vulnerable, emotionally mature, and capable of true connection with others. In the meantime, we will continue to wallow in deprivation and deep, subconscious turmoil.