The Week in Review

An anthropological view on manhood as a socially constructed ideal, created through rituals to counteract men's innate passivity.
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Men, at least in the sort of traditional masculine sense, they are very happy to be withdrawn, self-interested, non-contributors, lazy, selfish, and so forth.
And the reason why manhood rituals arose independently in so many different societies throughout history is, oh, if we don't do this, guys are just going to withdraw and turn into inert
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