"It is indeed possible to soften men. But to make them 'care' is another thing, and the project must inevitably fail."
Allan Bloom, The Closing of the American Mind, p. 129
"It is very much in style today to urge men to feel. However, this urging is partially reminiscent of taunting a crippled man to run."
Herb Goldberg, quoted by Starhawk, The Spiral Dance, p. 108
"But a man who is emotionally paralyzed cannot be male, that is, he cannot be male in relation to female, for if he is to relate himself to a woman there must be something of the woman in his nature."
Alan Watts, Nature, Man, and Woman, New York: Vintage Books, 1991 (Copyright 1958). p. 113
"Genetic men, it seems, are taught to deal with the onset of this chemical [testosterone] that makes our feelings so much harder to ignore by getting rigorous, brutal, almost crushing training that frequently forces them out of contact with all their feelings. This is akin to using a nuclear warhead to restrain a werewolf...surely there is a better way?"
Raven Kaldera. Hermaphrodeities: The Transgender Spirituality Workbook. XLibris Press, 2001. p 177.
"Want to tell people about your problems? Get a sex change."
BusterB, http://themenscenter.com/busterb/mythsand.htm, Accessed Dec. 16, 2001.
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