I've been listening to you for a few months and just discovered you were disabled and blind (not that your ability needs to be advertised). I do think it does add a level of impressiveness, in which I am assuming you have more obstacles than the average person and yet you are bringing the greatest quality of content to your essays and podcasts. Thanks!
Very powerful last paragraph. Respect.
I did have a few questions. 1) Are you a pacifists? As in you would refuse to take respond to any aggression with violence. 2) Without expecting all men to meet a certain standard, is there still a need in society for to have men who do hard, risky, and dangerous things? 3) Can we celebrate those men, particularly those with character to match, without marginalizing men who can't meet those same physical standards?
Thanks so much for the kind words! And yes, I appreciate people recognizing that it takes me more work than the average person to achieve the same results. It's exhausting, so getting credit for it is great.
I probably am largely a passivist (though put me in a situation where I'm being attacked, and let's see how long my integrity lasts). But what I meant with my wife was that I'm probably not going to be winning a lot of fights, so I'm not the manly defender traditionalist people want men to be for their wives. If I can throw myself in front of the proverbial bullet, I will. I just probably won't actually be able to do that without vision.
And sure, we need people to do hard/risky/dangerous things . And I'm also fine saying that a lot of the time, the people doing the most physical of those things will be men because of physical differences. I just don't think it's inherent to being a man. Plenty of women will do those things too, and plenty of men won't be able to, or just won't want to, and all of that is fine with me as long as we don't define gender roles by it, or measure people's value by it.
Just wanted to let you know I love your writing. I have also been blind pretty much my whole life, so I can relate to your experiences.
Thanks so much, Allison! That means a lot to me
I've been listening to you for a few months and just discovered you were disabled and blind (not that your ability needs to be advertised). I do think it does add a level of impressiveness, in which I am assuming you have more obstacles than the average person and yet you are bringing the greatest quality of content to your essays and podcasts. Thanks!
Very powerful last paragraph. Respect.
I did have a few questions. 1) Are you a pacifists? As in you would refuse to take respond to any aggression with violence. 2) Without expecting all men to meet a certain standard, is there still a need in society for to have men who do hard, risky, and dangerous things? 3) Can we celebrate those men, particularly those with character to match, without marginalizing men who can't meet those same physical standards?
Thanks so much for the kind words! And yes, I appreciate people recognizing that it takes me more work than the average person to achieve the same results. It's exhausting, so getting credit for it is great.
I probably am largely a passivist (though put me in a situation where I'm being attacked, and let's see how long my integrity lasts). But what I meant with my wife was that I'm probably not going to be winning a lot of fights, so I'm not the manly defender traditionalist people want men to be for their wives. If I can throw myself in front of the proverbial bullet, I will. I just probably won't actually be able to do that without vision.
And sure, we need people to do hard/risky/dangerous things . And I'm also fine saying that a lot of the time, the people doing the most physical of those things will be men because of physical differences. I just don't think it's inherent to being a man. Plenty of women will do those things too, and plenty of men won't be able to, or just won't want to, and all of that is fine with me as long as we don't define gender roles by it, or measure people's value by it.
Great clarifying questions; thanks!