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Are Men Dogs? Steven Gardner thinks they are.
He grabs the chance to highlight, through his feature in The National Standard , the myriad ways that men in his country abuse the women in their lives. Week after week, Gardner churns out story after story of women's dreadful mistreatment at the hands of the men they had the misfortune to love.
This journalist is on a mission to change all that. He wants women to stand up and demand that men do better. But Gardner does not foresee the storm that breaks over his head in the form of pushback from colleagues, from random haters – and even from himself. Can one flawed man change a nation?
My Thoughts
Domestic violence has been something that we as Trinbagonians have been grappling with for decades, maybe centuries. In some cases, it has has led to broken homes, individuals and in other cases it has led to death women in most cases have been on the receiving end of this type of violence.
Men Unleashed is a book like no other. I am so happy that I was given the opportunity to read this book where the author creatively addressed this issue in a work of fiction.
In the book we meet Steven Gardener, a journalist from Trinidad and Tobago, upon his sister being held for the attempted murder of her husband, was inspired to write a column entitled "Men are Dogs". The stories that this column shared made for very good reading in my opinion because they were so raw and realistic, some of them I could personally relate to in terms of similar things that have occurred to family members and even friends. I really like books that make you think.
While the book addressed some hard topics, there were also some fun sides to it as well. Steven was such an interesting character I actually wished to read more about him. A sequel perhaps??
I hope more people can put their hands on this book. Trust me you would not be disappointed.
I highly recommend.
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