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Man Throws Self In Garbage. News At 11.

In 2017, I’m Probably Not The Only Guy Who Should Be Doing This.

Marcus K. Dowling

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“When I sit at a table filled with women, it’s honestly a new and amazing experience to stop and put up this wall where I no longer initially think, ‘oh, hello woman I’m engaging with in conversation. You are very or not so very attractive according to my personal standard of beauty.’ There’s a certain strength required to do this. There’s this emotional restraining wall that I’ve been using, and I’ve become completely okay with constantly run head-first into it. Ultimately, and I’m embarrassed to admit this, it’s the pain of this wall that’s helps me to note, ‘where’s the unique strength, intelligence, and professional talent in this woman?’ Because that’s the important stuff.’”

Roughly two weeks ago, I sat in a podcasting studio and made the above statement while discussing how I felt that we were heading into an evolutionary space wherein women-led industries were going to become the norm, and then assume the economic lead in modern society. It was on this same day that the New York Times printed an article entitled “Harvey Weinstein Paid Off Sexual Harassment Accusers for Decades.” Two weeks later the reverberations of this accusation have reached volcanic proportions.

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Marcus K. Dowling
Marcus K. Dowling

Written by Marcus K. Dowling

Creator. Curator. Innovator. Iconoclast.

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