OK, this is the worst plausible take that my brain has ever handed me. You're going to hate it. I hate it. Given the evidence of difference in school performance and maturation rates, we should treat being male as a learning disability and support it as such.
men are expected to be able to deal with their emotions on their own, but are never taught how hence lots of bottling and denial
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Agree with that, but don't see how it follows directly from being taught agency. The cause seems more like being punished for expressing feelings—not being encouraged to be an individual. It may be the other way around: individualism cultivated to deal with emotional isolation.
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individualism != agency individualism means not needing others to do things for you obviously this isn't how society actually works, but we still have the memeplex of "you shouldn't need to depend on other people for basic needs" emotional regulation is pretty basic-seeming
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