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"I’m quick to blame men for their toxic behavior, but in this case, I, the woman, was part of the problem."

 

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/feb/24/my-boyfriend-wedding-dress-unveiled-shortcomings-masculinity4032.jpg?width=1300&quality=45&auto=form

 

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Intellectually, I enjoyed that Ian was rejecting gender norms and expectations. But physically, my desire didn’t match.

 

Those feelings illuminated some unanticipated boundaries of where I define attractiveness in men and when I still crave traditional masculinity. I realized I wanted less dress and more flannel shirts, trucker hats and sandstone Carhartts...

 

I chatted with a handful of girlfriends about it, who could all identify their own small hang-ups with masculinity: their need for men who are bigger and taller than they are, or who are better than them at sports, or who don’t cry in front of them.

 

As we interrogated our feelings about masculinity, we recognized gaps between our ideals and reality.

 

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Good thing we don't need to worry about any fowl-borne illnesses in China.  

 

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