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"Then Joe Starks realized all the meanings and his vanity bled like a flood. Janie had robbed him of his illusion of irresistible maleness that all men cherish, which was terrible. The thing that Saul's daughter had done to David. But Janie had done worse, she had cast down his empty armor before men and they had laughed..." (p. 79
"Then Joe Starks realized all the meanings and his vanity bled like a flood. Janie had robbed him of his illusion of irresistible maleness that all men cherish, which was terrible. The thing that Saul's daughter had done to David. But Janie had done worse, she had cast down his empty armor before men and they had laughed..." (p. 79
In the Bible, Saul’s daughter, Michal, mocks her husband King David for his dancing, her public criticism inviting laughter. Author Margaret Atwood (The Handmaid’s Tale) famously said, “Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them.” And feminist activist Gloria Steinem said something similar: “Men fear ridicule the way women fear violence.”
In the Bible, Saul’s daughter, Michal, mocks her husband King David for his dancing, her public criticism inviting laughter. Author Margaret Atwood (The Handmaid’s Tale) famously said, “Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them.” And feminist activist Gloria Steinem said something similar: “Men fear ridicule the way women fear violence.”
Step into the shoes of Joe Starks for a moment and explore this fear...what does it mean for “his vanity [to bleed] like a flood”? What is “his illusion of irresistible maleness”?
Step into the shoes of Joe Starks for a moment and explore this fear...what does it mean for “his vanity [to bleed] like a flood”? What is “his illusion of irresistible maleness”?
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