Sublime

EXERCISE 1

How is feminization reversed in a boy or man? By him spending time around strong and virtuous men. Look for men who are unafraid to speak truth and take on hard things. Men who instinctively fight evil and intercede for the weak and defenseless. Men who have integrity and do not compromise. Men who possess a balance of kindness and fortitude. Men w

Questa sessualità in eccesso non è stata generata – come farebbe piacere a qualche moralista – dai costumi corrotti degli ultimi tempi, ma dall’evoluzione stessa, milioni di anni fa. Già allora essa indirizzò la sessualità non solo a procreare ma anche a un lavoro psichico, a una fabbrica del legame.

A biblical description of a real man is as follows. A real man is:

• Humble

• Courageous

• Morally pure

• Faithful

• Selfless

• Self-controlled

Vincent place la virilité du côté de la superficialité, de la futilité et de la matérialité, par opposition à une autorité masculine qui serait, elle, plus spirituelle et plus profonde53. Là où la « virilité » serait une force extérieure, visible, la « vraie » masculinité serait « quelque chose d’intérieur ». En contexte bourgeois, la masculinité h

you are a man, boost your testosterone level by having less frequent orgasms, doing high-intensity exercise, reducing your sugar intake, increasing your intake of healthy fats, and even (nicely) retreating from your partner when necessary.

Modern society has created new standards for success. Thousands of years ago, it was necessary for a man and his family’s survival that he be physically powerful. Possessing a combination of intelligence, masculinity, and potency was the standard of success. In biblical times and later, kings, rulers, and leaders were often involved in physical fig

In short, I benefited from that basic inequality between men, whose erotic potential diminishes very slowly as they age, and women, for whom the collapse comes with shocking brutality from one year, or even one month, to the next.