Nov 6, 2019
There's no tenure for manhood. The false promise of The Man
Rules, is that if you follow them closely enough, for long enough,
you will soon rest easy in your identity as man. But, the truth is,
a man's status as a man will have to constantly renewed--daily.
Sometimes hourly! Think of all the opportunities he has throughout
the day to mess up, and have his man card revoked! (Men: For help
with this exercise, see the list of The Man Rules, and ask yourself
how many you've followed and how many you've broken today.) In this
episode, based on the final chapter in Dan and Allen's forthcoming
book, we talk about one of the most frequent opportunities men have
to feel emasculated--when someone asks them a question for which
they do not have an answer.
Women: Dan and Allen help you understand why your man seems to
cling so stubbornly to giving advice and solving all your problems
for you when you really just want him to listen. Men: Dan and Allen
will help you recognize whether you're suffering from working so
hard to avoid the discomfort of not knowing, the constant need to
prove how much you know, and idea that you should not have to work
to know the answers--you should be born knowing, if you are a real
man. Dan and Allen don't have all the answers, but they do have
their own experiences in learning to let go of the need to know,
and they share those with you in order to help you improve your
relationships.