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This book is basically, “men are terribly emotionally fragile, and they
can make small steps to be better, but women need to just <em>stop
bothering them with all their pedantry</em> and just let them be who they
are.”
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I guarantee, no matter how sexy traditional gender roles are to you, that you do _not_ want to be like Gray's 'men'.
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Not only is there is absolutely no difference between men and women in how
they complain or offer criticism, but the 'men' Gray describe could be used as
textbook example of people with social anxiety.
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The 'Great Man' theory of history has the history of ideas moved forward by
individuals. But by thinking of these as 'Great Ideas', or better 'spirits'
of ideas, we're encouraged to examine their motivations, which is surprisingly effective.
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Suicide is the interaction between personal despair and the failure of
communities to provide reasons to live. We can't answer Camus' "one truly
serious philosophical problem" for people, only they can. But we can
provide an argument to live, by showing people where they fit.