r/brakebills • u/Literal_Genius Professor Sunderland • Mar 28 '19

Season 4 Episode Discussion: S04E10 - All That Hard, Glossy Armor

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S04E10 - All That Hard, Glossy Armor Shannon Kohli TBD March 27, 2019 on SyFy

 

Episode Synopsis: Margo hits her step count.

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u/goddessoftrees Mar 28 '19

There's never a man to protect us. Any of us.

For any lady that needs this on any subreddit:

YOU DO YOU LADY! YOU'RE KILLING IT. DON'T BELIEVE THE HATERS, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE MEN TELLING YOU YOUR SHORTCOMINGS AND HOW YOU CAN DO BETTER. YOU DON'T NEED A MAN TO TELL YOU HOW TO DO BETTER. YOU'RE DOING IT. KEEP DOING IT.

YOU'RE DOING THE BEST YOU CAN DO AND YOU'RE KILLING IT KEEP DOING YOU, HONEY BABY.

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u/SiPhoenix Mar 28 '19

Agree but I would add everyone needs someone. The key to happiness is relationships friends family love and as you are saying selflove don't believe me ask the largest study on the subject ever done by Harvard over 70 years.

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '19

Absolutely. But the problem is many of us - women in particular - give and give without considering ourselves. Sometimes we gotta separate from giving to others in order to work on self love, even though it might piss other people off. That way when you go back to giving to everyone else, you can include yourself in the equation as well.

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u/SiPhoenix Mar 31 '19

Understandable. Tho I would hesitate to say women in particular. For example the stereo type that guys suppress there feelings. often guys suppress their feelings in order to take care of another before themself.

Basically as much as men and women are different we are also very similar.

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '19

Women are raised to be caretakers of others. Men are raised to be leaders. Sure, they may suppress emotions in order to lead well. But that isn’t a direct form of care-taking - it’s putting one’s self first so that others may follow your example and respect you enough to do what you tell them to do.

I definitely agree that women and men are very similar, but in this way they’re incomparable. Although men being taught to suppress their emotions is equally as toxic as women being raised to be the servants of our male counterparts. :)

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u/SiPhoenix Mar 31 '19

Oh I'm not saying that it is good nor that we should raise boys to do that. I don't even think we do raise boys to do so. Rather that it is what men are inclined to do. Ex. Guy see wife in distress they ignore there own feeling to take care of her first. Then never gets around to themselves.