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Originally posted by Javan
Dress Codes.
The beratement of emotional expression.
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There's a very interesting quote,
and I forget who said it, but it goes something like,
"We don't raise boys to be men, we raise them not to be women,"
and that is very powerful
It says so much with so few words about the way society treats both sides
It's hilarious to me that women are associated with being "emotional,"
and men are conditioned from birth that they have to hide these emotions,
but at the same time men are typically some of the most emotionally unstable beings on the planet
We're just taught that we have to hold our tears back
It's perfectly fine for a man to be overtly aggressive or hostile or horny all the time
By no means does that count as being emotional