“Violence is an exclamation mark on a long sentence which starts during childhood and the suppression of boys’ emotions.”

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These are comments by Kris Huson and Dan Bulf on the post “Dear Mr. President, Our Nation’s Boys Need Your Attention”.

“Present-day American culture gives a lot of voice to anger and outrage, all the while being afraid of it.”

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Our culture has a lot of knee-jerk anger, righteous angry, religious anger, and indignant anger. While anger has its place, it also can be very unproductive. Wellokaythen thinks it’s because of our news cycles and political culture which encourages people to be full of stubborn rage.

“I get frustrated with the attempts to push men to be ‘more open’ about their feelings.”

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This is a comment by Alastair on the Comment of the Day: “Since I wasn’t crying, I felt like my emotions were minimized because I’m a man.”

“As a mother to a 4 year old boy, I give more attention to the ideas in this article than ever before.”

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This is a comment by Deb on the post “The Man Behind the Mask”.

“The women seemed reduced aesthetically by men’s clothing. The ‘story’ men’s clothing told was mere utility, expedience. They might as well have been wearing animal skins.”

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This comment was by Mike on the post “Switcheroo: A Confrontational Gender-Bending Experiment”