Quotation
“Men are no more immune from emotions than women, we think women are more emotional because the culture lets them give free vent to certain feelings, 'feminine' ones, that is, no anger please, but it's okay to turn on the waterworks.”
Una Stannard
The idea behind the quotation
Men feel emotions just as much as women, but culture encourages women to show some feelings, like sadness, while discouraging others, like anger.
Vocabulary in context
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