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Do you feel pressured to be a useful man? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/1227654

That is, do you feel like your worth as a man is related to your practical utility?

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[–] Kyrinar@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

The conditioning is definitely there, and I would be lying if I said I never felt this. Self reflection is sort of my thing, though, prettty much to a fault. That combined with being lucky enough to have (recently) married a woman who sees me for much more than that goes a long way.

EDIT: Whoops, just saw this was an older post. Sorry! Was buzzed and doom scrolling through random subs