I speak only from my own experience, as well. Which includes good men and bad men, good women and bad women. I'm still a little confused as to what it really means to have a distinctly male role model...I would say that most, if not all, the examples posted thus far are not necessarily gender specific, but rather just examples of upright behavior. I'll take your word for it that it really is *something,* even if you can't put it into words but you'll have to forgive me when I say that I suspect we are talking about angst...at least partly.
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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
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