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Maybe it's because I reject most of the macho John Wayne bullshit - not just because I am a pain in the ass, but because it is a mythical misrepresentation that has prompted men to have irrational expectations of themselves, often to the detriment of many others - but, maybe it's because of that that I don't see those as the only two options.

Violence or subservience.

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Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus
PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce