We need common references to social emotions to function successfully as a culture. This is problematic in a melting pot country like our own – we don’t know how to communicate non-verbally to others in ways that they will understand emotionally. Emotions must be spoken to in the language of emotion. Words can be used,…

There’s a concept that runs around the manosphere/fundie community that we need to “make” women obey their husbands/fathers by reducing their rights, reducing their access to education, etc ad nauseum. The problem with this is severalfold: it’s pretty creepy to outsiders/makes a poor witness/looks culty this is how you enforce obedience in slaves (or children)…