"The Epidemic of Male Fragility" - Great read! [View all]

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

Bret Stephens, Donald Trump and the rest: Stop acting like you're the only one in the world whose feelings matter.... The world needs a safe space to house its growing population of extremely breakable men.
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This isn’t hard, fellas. Don’t punch down, don’t overreact, admit when you’ve made a mistake, listen to other people and learn from them and stop acting like you’re the only one in the world whose feelings matter.

If someone is being threatening or repeatedly harassing you, take it seriously, of course. But a one-off insult? Or your own perception that people don’t laud you enough? Please.

Fragile men are doing serious damage to the world, whether they know it or not. (They definitely don’t know it, and if they did they wouldn’t admit it.) And they’re doing it while mocking others who, at the end of the day, just want to be treated fairly, regardless of their race, gender, faith or sexual orientation.

The whole excellent piece, here: http://www.startribune.com/let-s-discuss-the-epidemic-of-male-fragility/558860382/