“Take a typical woman, educated or uneducated, of most any race or ethnicity, and give her this agenda:
You are not to have any close friends or confidants; you are to avoid any show of need, weakness, or tender human intimacy; you may not touch other women without very good reason; you may not cry; you are not encouraged to trust your inner guidance, but only outer authorities and “big” people; and you are to judge yourself by your roles, titles, car, house, money, and successes. People are either in your tribe, or they are a competitive threat—or of no interest!
Then tell her, “This is what it feels like to be a male, most of the time.” Maleness can be a very lonely and self-defeating world.”
(From: Richard Rohr, Boys Don’t Cry)