🎭 Culture 1d ago · Brian Lin

We’ve Made a Mess of Masculinity, but I Believe It Can Change

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My partner and I go to the movies. The theater and our conversations after, on the drive home or at the bar where we’re regulars—this routine is our most consistent intimacy.



We are in couples therapy, have been for many years now. The current cadence is once a month. In this season of my 30s, dry and lacking direction like I’m in the deep desert of Arrakis, a month can feel like a year. So much effort but no change. All pain and no gain.



Powerless, like many men tell us they feel.



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