"Bravery. For better or for worse, men usually give it up after adolescence. Well, it's not really bravery at all, is it? It's a kind of childish pride that we, as a society, tend to idealise. We imbue our screen heroes with it, this 'cool'. And isn't it seductive - this apparent absence of vulnerability? It works. Don't women want to be desired by someone who doesn't feel pain, who isn't afraid?

But it's an act. Anybody who doesn't want or need something is dead. And anyone who does need something can be hurt. They can be afraid. We teach men this act, to perform it all the time. And subsequent to their emancipation, women now have to pretend too."

~Seven Types of Ambiguity~

Did i mention how much i am loving this book? Barely a fifth through and i am already so intrigued. A rare read indeed.

Yesterday.
I learnt that...

There is such a thing known as alcohol-induced bravery.
It wasn't as hard as i thought it was.
Gone is now what reeked of ambiguity and uncertainty.
Finally an explanation seeked for the unsettling displeasure.
That dervived from the lack of clarity and motives.

Liberation!

And kudos to that fine line that lies between stupidity and bravery.

*waiting for hair dye to set in*

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11:35 PM