I Wish He'd Taught Me How To Shave

I Wish He'd Taught Me How to Shave is a compilation of 'Dr. Dave's' reflections and students' essays from his popular Saint Michael's College gender studies course, Men and Masculinities. Landers distills what he has learned from his decades-long career as a professor and student counselor about the generational damage done when society holds strict and limiting views of masculinity - real men don't cry, do like sports, are primary breadwinners, take foolish risks and put themselves in danger (You Only Live Once - YOLO),etc. Readers will hear students recount the powerful, poignant, and profound ways that fathers defy or buy into these social constructs and influence their children's defining views of a man