“Men cast their wives and girlfriends to play best friend, lover, career advisor, stylist, social secretary, emotional cheerleader, mom—to him, their future kids, or both—and eventually, on-call therapist minus the $200/hour fee), this form of emotional gold digging is not only detrimental to men, it…”— Melanie Hamlett, harpersbazaar.comTagged: Friendship, Men, Women, Relationships, Dating
“Unlike women, who are encouraged to foster deep platonic intimacy from a young age, American men—with their puffed up chests, fist bumps, and awkward side hugs—grow up believing that they should not only behave like stoic robots in front of other men, but that women are the only people they are allo…”— Melanie Hamlett, harpersbazaar.comTagged: Men, Women, Sexism, feminism, Friendship