"It ambles along blithely ..."
October 11, 2014 7:19 PM Subscribe
"Being male and middle class and being from a generation that still valued the stiff upper lip means our Default Man is an ideal candidate for low emotional awareness. He sits in a gender/ class/age nexus marked 'Unexploded Emotional Time Bomb.' These people have been in charge of our world for a long time. Things may be changing."
This post was deleted for the following reason: Eh, this feels like kind of trod ground with a grabber of a pullquote for the post. -- cortex
I don't think there's anything especially new in this essay, but it's very well put and it's stuff that needs to be said as often as possible.
Although, not sure if I agree with the use of the G.B. Shaw quote.
posted by uosuaq at 7:58 PM on October 11, 2014 [1 favorite]
Although, not sure if I agree with the use of the G.B. Shaw quote.
posted by uosuaq at 7:58 PM on October 11, 2014 [1 favorite]
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