When Masculinity is Forced Into Strength
There was a death. And I watched who was allowed to grieve and who was required to show strength. It made me ponder masculinity.
Masculinity
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What’s Love Got Go Do With It?
A lot of us confuse love and lust. I tend to think men do that more often than women. All my aware life, I have been hearing about how men distinguish sex from love but women equate the two. Real life shows the contrary. True, at least in our early…
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Solitaire
Emotional solitaire: A journey of self-contentment, embracing the beauty of being a loner. Explore the bliss of enjoying your own company.
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People You Meet At A Party
Nostalgic encounters with old acquaintances at a friend’s engagement party bring up reflections on the emotional interconnections of human lives.
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Female Bonding Vs Male Bonding
Yesterday I was thinking about snobbery. I sometimes tell people, “Some women are snobbish about looks, some about money…Me? I’m an intelligence-snob.” What that translates into, my dear men, (the women never need to have things explained in simplistic terms!) is what traits we consider the ‘differentiating factor’ between us…
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The Modern mEn
Having looked at all that the modern woman is going to be, lets look at what the modern men are going to be. Yes, you read that right…the modern womAn and the modern mEn. Because I think there will be multiple stereotypes to describe the kind of man attracted to…
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Dedicated To The Man Component
For the men who’ve walked in and out of my lifeAnd trampled all over my heart and demonstrated just how tough it isFor the power struggles and conflictsAnd the reshaping of me that came from itFor the betrayals and insultsAnd the lessons I learnt from themFor the distances and wallsAnd…
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A Gal’s Retort To The Guys’ Rules
I used to be one helluva firebrand. So of course my friends had to be people who enjoyed playing with fire. Once a guy friend forwarded a mail titled “Guys rules” to his entire address book with a comment “Now what?”. I took one look at it, started smoking at…
