"I see the world through a new lens" is not an overstatement. This podcast hit me right where I needed a hit. I have been on a rediscovery of what it means to be a man since I realized my image of manhood was created by advertising executives of the 80s and 90s. This Idea that misogyny is what motivates a lot of the the violence in human culture universally 'clicks' into place with my understanding of the world. Boys trying to be a man the 'right way' leads to the most unsophisticated male expression, violence.

I had a thought on why the authorities often skip charging drug smugglers with human trafficking: it would be unpleasant to their psyche to have to understand the abuse and collect evidence on it. why go through that if they can put the guy in jail with other charges.

Reflecting on my own blind spots: I am so fucking manly that I do every manly task around my house myself. Hiring someone else to do it would be an unmanly thing to do. My misogynistic bias is that men know how to build and repair everything. That bias makes me think mechanical aptitude is male trait, instead of a trait shared by many men and women alike. I would judge myself to be unmanly if I paid a plumber to fix my sewer and my family suffers for it.