I have been following Liz Plank’s personal and professional journey for some time.
As an author, journalist, producer and activist she runs a very busy schedule and
someone found time to write the book our community needs right now. Although it
is still in my queue of books to read, I am already inspired by the message she is
spreading and the conversations that the book is rousing.
For the Love of Men: A New Vision into Mindful Masculinity has only been on
shelves for about two months, but it has made a large impact. Making bestsellers
lists and talk-show appearances, it is safe to say that Plank’s message is starting
conversations between supporters and skeptics. Many calling it another jab at
chivalry, an attempt to cancel masculine culture and attacking the boys-being-boys
mentality, but it is so much more than that. It is starting conversations about how
we raise boys to be men, and not people; and how we blame the men for their
circumstances and not the culture that put them there. Plank encourages parents
to take a step back and look at the climate they are raising their sons in, and think
about how their development will affect them as adults. Many statistics and facts
about men are thrown around, including the uncanny correlation between school
shooters and the boys behind the guns (99% of them, for that matter). But more
important than statistics, this book touches on the conversations that need to be
forced into the middle of the current gender-battle.
I’d like to give a copy of this book to the father of the boys from one of my blog posts
(“Personal Experiences in a Grocery Aisle”), and I encourage all of you to look into it yourselves.
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