A boy spit on me and called me a f*g in 4th grade. I tackled him immediately after. While I had him pinned to the ground I thought to myself “he’s actually kinda cute” went home and cried the entire night cuz I was actually gay. He was right.
We don't need to take the myth of male stoicism at face value. Patriarchy is perfectly compatible with men expressing emotion!
Achilles spends half of the Iliad weeping and singing songs about being sad, all while keeping women as property!
Brett Kavanaugh wept throughout his