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Douglas's avatar

I could offer many suggestions, but one stands out: The Empathy Gap by William Collins—provided he would consent to its inclusion. Though focused on the UK, this book offers the most rigorously researched and data-rich exploration I’ve seen on the disparities affecting men, women, and children. It’s a forensic examination of the consistent failure of institutions—legal, educational, and governmental—to uphold anything close to genuine equality. Accessible yet deeply analytical, it would be a powerful addition for both professionals and informed general readers seeking a clearer picture of gendered outcomes.

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I was looking forward to my 80th. That was last year. I guess 81 in a couple of months will have do. I've been counter intuitive all my long life. The epistemology error in the West has been fatally flawed for a very long time. Theory over practice - deductive in place of inductive- so said Danny Kahneman 2013 Utube with Naseem Taleb. Much of the talk of men's issues is fine and good yet misses a massive point. The people in Plato's cave chained and watching the shadows,as if they're reality, are women. This is the crucial problem that I have never been able to fix. Why? Self-respect is an inside job. You cannot outsource but it they have. If you're a woman you're naturally wonderfully empathetic axiomatically articulate and brilliant.Really?

Not that I have seen in 80 years. Of course the response to any suggestion of such heresy is venomous and volcanic.

My life with women has been a Pareto distribution of parasites . Locked in syndrome writ large. No need for courage my PR sisters are all around. At least 80% of women I've known ( my maternal grandmother my mother my sister her two daughters my ex wife my daughter and another dozen damsels who have caused their own distress) have gone through their lives as pernicious pretenders. It was not that nothing I did could change the course of their sad and sorry lives it was as Max Scheler offered reacted to with resentment. Courage cancelled.

Think again Adam Grant hmm maybe

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