- Great Sense
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- Nov 07, 2020
Men Quotes
Serious duty and dry humor, side by side.
Quotes about "men" here range from serious to sharply funny — one set addresses military service and daily accountability, while another pushes back on the idea that women should shape themselves around what men expect. For related themes, see Great quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
For many young men, joining in a radical movement is a way of feeling powerful, which is particularly intoxicating for men who feel their masculinity has been called into question, whether through victimisation or a failure to achieve the status that they feel they are entitled to.
- Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
We cannot leave vulnerable young men open to the exploitation of extremists, both for our own security and their own wellbeing.
- Attention
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- Nov 07, 2020
Through adopting radical extremism, some young men who previously felt humiliated and emasculated by their peers can now feel powerful and intimidating - and gain status, attention from young women, and the comradeship and solidarity of other young men like themselves.
- Control
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our media provides a continuing message that for men, heroism is defined through association with control, independence, and the ability to commit violence, from superheroes to crime dramas.
- Problems
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- Nov 07, 2020
Extremism is a complicated issue, but without addressing how it appeals to men and boys, we may be missing an important motivation and a way to address the problems in our towns and cities.
- Nov 07, 2020
Men take much more notice of older women in France, so I might move there. I think I'm a good bet.
- Focus
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- Nov 07, 2020
In a world of status, independence is key, because a primary means of establishing status is to tell others what to do, and taking orders is a marker of low status. Though all humans need both intimacy and independence, women tend to focus on the first and men on the second. It is as if their lifeblood ran in different directions.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the first studies in the field of gender and language, by Don H. Zimmerman and Candace West in 1975, found that in casual conversations between women and men, women were interrupted far more often.
- Detailed
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- Nov 07, 2020
For women, detailed conversation is our lifeblood, while for men it's just not as critical.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020