When he asks male participants to describe a “good man,” they would answer “integrity, honor, being responsible, being a good provider, protector, doing the right thing, putting others first, sacrifice, caring, standing up for the little guy.” It’s beautiful, right? But something striking would happen when he would ask them to describe a “real man.” This is when the men would start talking over each other and even shouting: “never cry, be strong, don’t show your feelings, play through pain, suck it up, win at all costs, be aggressive, get rich, get laid.” In other words, the pressures the men
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