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In reply to the discussion: Eve Ensler on the passivity of men [View all]ChairmanAgnostic
(28,017 posts)most men do have emotional responses to the pain and suffering of women. We might express it differently, we might not have the capacity to express is exactly as you hoped we would. That's your problem. Not ours.
But, taking a male's emotional response to an event affecting their "mate," be it a girlfriend, wife, daughter, and increasing them to the point of madness is not at all a good thing. There are cultures today that will slit your throat if you look at their wives the wrong way, or even too long. There are macho he-men who will start fights if you ask their "woman" a question at a bar. There are jerks who will over-react, and do so violently, if they feel that you are competing with their efforts with respect to the woman of their choice.