Big Boys Don't Cry

Male and female represent the two sides of the great radical dualism. But in fact they are perpetually passing into one another. Fluid hardens to solid, solid rushes to fluid. There is no wholly masculine man, no purely feminine woman. Margaret Fuller <Tab/> Big Boys Don't Cry Stemming back to the beginning of most cultures, sociologists have documented records of male dominance. Males were the aggressive hunters and warriors of almost …

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