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It's connotation was that Aaron was acting like a woman. The intended message was that he should shoulder sole responsibility for the costs, unlike (apparently) a woman. A) that's sexist and B) counter-productive. Collaboration and mutual support gets us further than we can get on our own: demonizing those traits as "feminine" just leads to lonely alienation.

Yet Another Way Patriarchy Hurts Men(tm)




I believe the phrase "man up" has more to do with the differences between boys and men vs women and men. It's synonymous with grow up.


This is strange, but there's no private message functionality here and I wanted to say I really appreciate your considered comments in this thread.




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