Love all you beautiful souls and wanted to suggest a virtual bookclub for those who want to read (or desire to re-read) Lundy Bancroft's book Why Does He Do That? I purchased the 2002 updated one since they elaborated on LGTBQA and Cultural Considerations in Chapter 6 that were not included as extensively in the previous version.

I am reading it now and wanted to find out if anyone would want to participate in this endeavor with me so we can discuss the reading content, process it, and support each other as we engage in the content. Who wants to join me soon?

The books is very well done, the content is SO IMPORTANT to read, the information is healing to survivors of male mistreatment, and I would love to be supported with like-minded people to maximize absorbing all of this stuff!

This week I am reading Acknowledgements, Note on Terminology, and Introduction (ix-xvii) and Part 1 Section 1 ("The Mystery") from pages 3 until page 20. I was going to being the discussion next week on Friday, July 17th for those pages here if the mods approve a discussion for this. Mods--feel free to edit or change flair or do whatever you feel is appropriate!

I am breaking down the sections in little increments so I can intentionally re-read sections and process the material in depth for meaningful discussion purposes...

Reading Dates & Discussions:

  • Friday July 17th: read Acknowledgements, Note on Terminology, Introduction & Part 1 The Nature of Abusive Thinking Section 1: The Mystery pages 3 until page 21
  • Friday July 24th: read Part 1 The Nature of Abusive Thinking Section 2: The Mythology (21-48) & Section 3: The Abusive Mentality (page 49-75)
  • Week 3, one week will be dedicated just on Part 1 Section 4: The Types of Abusive Men (pg 77-108)

There are some free PDF versions online to read if you are interested. I like to write in books so I got a real copy but there are options to access the content for free! :)