Well of COURSE I honed in on this statement amidst the 98 other truthbombs in this piece: “This is only dangerous for boys and men in that it makes them also ‘unfit for the lot they are cast’ in a world that wants them to disassociate from their emotions so that they can dominate everything and everyone around them.” EXACTLY. During my Men’s Health days I was obsessed with the life-expectancy gap (six years, currently) between men and women. So our reward for “dominance” is early death? No thank you. One gender difference: Women are (statistically) much better at managing and maintaining their social lives, an important health factor. Less lonely = more living. So novels are actually a kind of longevity pill that women are smart enough to take, and men aren’t. C’mon guys! Read those dangerous books! Close the gap!
Well of COURSE I honed in on this statement amidst the 98 other truthbombs in this piece: “This is only dangerous for boys and men in that it makes them also ‘unfit for the lot they are cast’ in a world that wants them to disassociate from their emotions so that they can dominate everything and everyone around them.” EXACTLY. During my Men’s Health days I was obsessed with the life-expectancy gap (six years, currently) between men and women. So our reward for “dominance” is early death? No thank you. One gender difference: Women are (statistically) much better at managing and maintaining their social lives, an important health factor. Less lonely = more living. So novels are actually a kind of longevity pill that women are smart enough to take, and men aren’t. C’mon guys! Read those dangerous books! Close the gap!