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Mansplaining (a blend word of man and the informal form splaining of the gerund explaining) is a pejorative term meaning "(for a man) to comment on or explain something, to a woman, in a condescending, overconfident, and often inaccurate or oversimplified manner". [3] [4] [5] [6]
He is given responsibilities and receives benefits. A made man enjoys the full protection and backing of the Mafia establishment as long as he remains in favor and earns enough money, a percentage of which must be passed up the hierarchy. A made man is traditionally seen as "untouchable" by fellow criminals; he is to be respected and feared. [15]
When he was asked from where he came, he replied, "I am a citizen of the world (cosmopolites)". [55] This was a radical claim in a world where a man's identity was intimately tied to his citizenship of a particular city-state. As an exile and an outcast, a man with no social identity, Diogenes made a mark on his contemporaries.
A man's social value is traditionally connected to his ability to provide so when he can no longer do that, it negatively impacts his ego. [149] Masculinity is seen as an entity to be protected, and when a man feels disempowered, he finds other ways to reaffirm their masculinity. [ 149 ]
I went to bed last night before Donald Trump was officially named the next president of the United States because I didn’t know what else to do with myself.
A man who recently purchased his first home says he's in a sticky situation because his parents have asked if they can move in with him, and he doesn't want them to. In a post on Reddit's "AITAH ...
A man proposing on the High Line in New York City A woodcut depicting a proposal, Germany, 1815 A marriage proposal is a custom or ritual, common in Western cultures, in which one member of a couple asks the other for their hand in marriage .
The title star of 'Being John Malkovich' looks back on the 'iffy call' to make the movie that would introduce audiences to future Oscar winners Spike Jonze and Charlie Kaufman.