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ONLY DO MANLY...
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There are penalties for nonconformity—my childhood is a testament to that.
men can’t share their feelings, even feelings of loneliness as their life progresses, and the ones they have are often confined to superficiality.
the only feelings that men are allowed to express are joyful frivolity and thrill-seeking, on one hand, and anger on the other.
I’ve never measured up to the Man Box—but I have tried.
The Man Box makes me angry because my failure to “measure up” as a sensitive and nerdy man has always led to pain and rejection when I am with other men.
I’ve noticed that the ones who were most successful at living in the Man Box are now, in many cases, the most lonely and broken people that I know.
