Women like men too much
This is a really great observation which I’ve alluded to quite a lot in previous posts. Whether it is men refusing to watch a film or tv show with a female lead, men feeling enamoured with male conquerors, philosophers and politicians, or men struggling to empathise with their female loved ones because “that’s not how men experience things”, even... See more
instagram.comHow can any girl sustain the belief that she is loved, truly loved, when all around her she sees that femaleness is despised?
Bell Hooks • Communion
And still I wonder how much harder it would be to get straight women to accept the reality of marriage if they were not first presented with the fantasy of a wedding. I wonder if women today would so readily accept the unequal diminishment of their independence without their sense of self-importance being overinflated first. It feels like a trick,
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