Burnbridge wrote:
I disagree, pete.
I used to be part of a men-only intentional discussion group and it was really interesting. By "intentional discussion," I mean it was kind of philosphical...we would meet once a week and talk about specific topics. At the end of every meeting, we'd decide what we were going to talk about the next week.
The surprising thing was how much we ended up talking about our feelings and vulnerabilities. Things that men are culturally trained to bottle up, to pretend they don't have. Since women are culturally trained to be "emotional caregivers," most men will only ever speak of their feelings and vulnerabilities to a woman they trust. But having those conversations in a male-only environment, people opened up a whlole lot more than they expected to. They weren't ever thinking about putting on a show to attract a potential mate. We could talk about situations where we creeped ourselves out and felt bad about it, without fear of being judged for being stupid, pig headed jerks.
It was pretty neat, really. Learned a lot about myself.
This sounds pretty fantastic, wish there was something like this where I live.
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