Society says that men need to be bigger and stronger, and they must protect their women and so on.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
There is a sense that women are more anchored than men in our society.
Men haven't changed their behaviour, so women somehow have to be strengthened to be able to ward off the men.
Men are actually the weaker sex.
Men are beginning to realize that they are not individuals but persons in society, that man alone is weak and adrift, that he must seek strength in common action.
To enable men to exercise that power is the object of protection.
Women should be sure of themselves because women have a lot of capacities. We can achieve so many different things that men cannot. I think women are stronger.
In our civilization, men are afraid that they will not be men enough and women are afraid that they might be considered only women.
Most men act so tough and strong on the outside because on the inside, we are scared, weak, and fragile. Men, not women, are the weaker sex.
Demands for equality for women are threats to men's self-esteem and sense of sexual turf.
Rich cultures, patriarchal cultures, value thin women, like ours; poor ones value fat women. But all patriarchal cultures value weak women. So for women to become physically strong is very profound.
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