• xorollo@leminal.space
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    23 hours ago

    What is the stereotype? Men should be allowed to have a feelings stage about stuff that goes wrong.

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      14 hours ago

      The stereotype isn’t that only women ever want sympathy, but rather that women generally want sympathy (rather than help) a lot more than men do, especially in situations where help appears to be fairly straightforward.