I'm Afraid of Men.

by Vivek Shraya

FALLING IN LOVE WITH another human is terrifying. As our language insists, romantic love is always preceded by a fall, the necessity of losing control and potentially hurting yourself in the process of connecting with another. Despite the risk of injury, I have always taken that plunge, even when love hasn’t looked or felt the way I’ve been told it should, even when people around me have criticized my choices.