Be a Man. (Even if it Kills You.)

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Mitchell Fink tried to do all the things he thought he was supposed to do as a man. Until he found himself depressed, alone, unable to ask for help — and suicidal.

“It’s not that men are afraid of strong women, or fear of a person’s strength. It’s fear of the strength disparity.”

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This is a comment by John Anderson on the post “Are Some Men Intimidated by Strong Women?”

Eulogy for Uncle John

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Jeff Swain remembers his uncle who taught him his first dirty joke, helped raise him, and taught him about being a man.

“I would have appeared dastardly to say, ‘I’m tired of being strong, I need to cry too’ to my wife.”

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These are comments by Danny and John D on the post “The Dark Side of Women’s Requests of Progressive Men”.

I Know a Man

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In praise of the man who has set the bar high for all future men in his daughter’s life.