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Strength and Vulnerability

Note: this is a repost of an article I wrote on my Quora blog in November 2015.  Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about strength and vulnerability. Traditionally, strength was seen as a lack of vulnerability—or at least a denial of it—especially for men. Thoughts on this are changing; but, as in many arenas, practice lags behind theory. If I asked my friends if it was acceptable for men to cry, many would say yes; but few of those same people would imagine a man crying if asked to picture emotional strength. Despite this, the older I’ve grown, the more I feel that vulnerability is not only…

August 1, 2016Relationshipsrelationships,strength,vulnerability