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I don't know what women experience, or men in other places, but I would say that many American males, in my generation (Gen-X), experienced frequent rejection,
by mring33621 4y ago
I don't know what women experience, or men in other places, but I would say that many American males, in my generation (Gen-X), experienced frequent rejection, from about 12 until their early 20's.
Then, once women became interested in them, there was often constant pressure to get a better job, in order to move through the expected life stages.
I think that this regular rejection, plus the pressure to fight upward, is what trains and motivates men to keep going.
- User23 4y agoI was told as a young man that if I wanted to get anywhere in life I was going to have to learn to thrive on rejection. Experience has proved it true many times over. The key of course is framing your experience. I think the submission’s parallel between interviewing and dating is a good observation. In both cases you need to be willing to realize that rejection can be because of something you can control, but it also can be because of something you can’t. Another thing is once you experience it enough rejection loses its sting. The handful of hours you spend pursuing a job or a date just isn’t a serious cost, especially if you learn something from the experience.