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Torn between wanting to read it all super fast since it’s so good so far or wanting to savor it for longer - good quotes from the first two chapters in the comments (if I figure out how to do that)
— Jan 17, 2026 12:26PM
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“Eruptions of rage in boys are most often deemed normal, explained by the old-age justification of ‘boys will be boys’.”
“They (self-help books) rarely acknowledge that relationships are not static, that people change through time, that they adjust to circumstances.”
— Jan 18, 2026 07:13AM
“They (self-help books) rarely acknowledge that relationships are not static, that people change through time, that they adjust to circumstances.”
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Patriarchal mores teach a form of emotional stoicism to men that says they are more manly if they do not feel.
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Militant feminism gave women permission to unleash their rage and hatred at men but it did not allow us to talk about what it meant to love men in patriarchal culture, to know how we could express love without fear of exploitation and oppression.
Within the early writings of radical feminism anger, rage and even hatred of men was voiced, yet there was no meaningful attempt to offer ways to resolve those feelings.
