When We're at Odds with Our Emotions

The Resistance is Exhausting

Name a man who wasn’t indoctrinated to believe he shouldn’t have feelings - that he should ignore them. I’m not sure he exists. Even men who have learned not to ignore their emotions, had to learn not to ignore their emotions.

Think of the ways we use the word “emotional.” It’s never positive. The word itself is met with resistance. Most males spend thei…