Published in 2000, All About Love: New Visions ($15) discusses the importance of love both in our private and public lives and how our culture falls short of teaching us how to love. hooks argues that especially in America, women have been taught to give love in most situations — even when their needs aren't being met — while men are socialised to mistrust love and downplay their own emotions, resulting in them being unable to give or receive love in constructive ways.