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Hitch just called Jim Cavaziel a talentless lead actor. How prophetic.

Hitchens talks about how religious people being anti-vax led to the spread of polio.

OH BOY WHY DOES THIS SOUND FAMILIAR

Didn't expect a surprise appearance from Dennis Prager!

The scariest thing Alfred Hitchcock says he ever saw was a priest putting his hand on the back of a boy's shoulders

Ten years ago, I never thought I'd be reading this book. Now I'm excited to do so

Heir - Bunto goes and returns from war, continues being an abusive ass. Mara gives birth to a son.

Marriage - Mara marries a cruel and demanding husband. She hopes to bear a son to help her play The Game of the Council

Ceremony - Mara finishes negotiations with Cho-ja. She prepares to marry Buntokapi.

Bargain - Mara meets with the insect Cho-Ja queen. She wants the fledgling queen to build a hive on Acoma land.

Gambits - Bunto becomes new Lord of Acoma. Mara hangs two people and meets Arasaki.

Innovations - Mara finds many soldiers who end up being runaway prisoners or slaves. She takes them into refuge.

Evaluations - Mara is trying to find a husband.

"The most prominent opinion divide will no longer be between women and men; it will be between those who are interested in radical freedom from the traditional framing of gender and those who would like to preserve it. The new gender war will no longer be defined by one's gender identity; it will be split between those who recognize that gender is made up and those who do not."

"Although issues affecting men and women have been framed as a 'gender war," with losers and winners, a more mindful conversation about gender only has winners. [...] This isn't an attack on gender; it is an improvement on it."

2/3 of gun deaths in America are by suicide.

Men who earn less than their wives had poorer health outcomes, shorter life expectancies, and more risk of heart problems.

Researchers found that macho men were correlated with alexithymia, an inability to properly describe one emotion.

Over 2/3 of college men who experience mental health issues don't seek help. However, researchers found that self-compassion and kindness toward oneself help buffer the link between adherence to masculine ideals and the stigma around seeking help.

Research from Rutgers University shows men who glamorize rigid unhelpful beliefs about masculinity are 50% less likely to seek preventative care. In South Africa, 70% of men who die of HIV/AIDS never seek treatment.

The lack of male teachers means many boys don't have a relatable and empathetic role model to look up to.

One study examined how having one black teacher impacts black boys. It lowers dropout rates of low-income black boys by 39%. Having a black teacher between grades 3 and 5 increased the likelihood of all children aspiring to go to college.

Dolls can teach empathy, according to the International Journal of Diversity in Education.

I've never considered the argument for gender-neutral toys until now. Toys like trucks and tools encourage men to go into those types of jobs.

A Pew survey found that 72% of men say girls should play with boy's toys. However, only 56% say that boys should play with girl's toys.

When oil rigs implemented emotional vulnerability training, accidents went down by 84% over 15 years.

Trump's coded language about jobs was aimed at men (mostly blue-collar). Many Trump supporters that Plank interviewed said they wanted to secure a future for their husband or son.

Note: Yang and Bernie said similar things. #YangGang2024

Fathering helps reduce recidivism, Men who maintain close links with their children while incarcerated are less likely to go to prison and more likely to have a job when they come out.

A study from Anna Haskins of Columbia University found that sons of incarcerated fathers were more likely to have educational delays and end up in Special Ed age 9. Having an incarcerated dad is like missing many months of school.

According to Pew Research, 7/10 Americans think providing makes one a good husband. Only 3/10 believe the same about being a good wife.

Men don't have any other role besides the breadwinner/provider role.

In the UK, 7% of men don't have close friends. In Australia, 1/4th of men can't name a single non-family member they can rely on. 37% say they aren't getting the emotional support they needed.

Friendship also helps increase your lifespan and makes you healthier.

First thing I disagree with here. Saying homophobia is a result of sexism seems like a way to reframe the issue that affects gay people into one that affects only women. Homophobia is homophobia. That's it, right?

This chapter talks about common-humanity identity politics and common-enemy identity politics. One focuses on uniting people around their common humanity and the other wants everyone to focus on a single enemy.