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insightful article but I can never tell whether this line is sarcasm: > because men are famously good at emotional self-regulation
by semiinfinitely 2y ago
insightful article but I can never tell whether this line is sarcasm:
> because men are famously good at emotional self-regulation
- 01HNNWZ0MV43FF 2y agoIt is Anecdotally, estrogen has done nothing for my anger issues :(
- sapphicsnail 2y agoI started feminizing hormone therapy about 4 years ago and I've noticed that I still get angry but that it's way easier to maintain my composure and it's less likely to build to a point where I lose control of myself.
- SideburnsOfDoom 2y agoOf course it is sarcasm. The real meaning is closer to "because men are widely believed, and indeed widely believe themselves to be, better at emotional self-regulation, without real evidence for this, what often happens when they can no longer contain their negative emotions (e.g. anger), they thus project these emotions and fail to regulate them effectively, but maintain denial of being emotional."
- plasticeagle 2y agoCf: "honestly the best marketing scheme in history is men successfully getting away with calling women the "more emotional" gender for like, EONS, because they've successfully rebranded anger as Not An Emotion" It's very much sarcasm, and very much warranted.