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Entirely true - men need a more rounded upbringing instead of just being rammed full of machismo and misogyny and calling it a day.

By and large I think that’s troubling in its accuracy. I’m glad I wasn’t brought up “traditionally”, but even despite my parentals (well, OK, my father) trying explicitly to bring me up to be self-assured and happy with myself, society at large puts all kinds of tremendous pressure, both overt and subtle, to conform to predecided roles.

(Hell, even my being in marketing was likely one of those covert pressures.)