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The hidden costs of safety
Safety is a virtue in suburbia. Gates encircle apartment complexes. Playgrounds are built smaller and softer.
Does this mean men are being built smaller and softer too?
When safety is overvalued, it can turn our neighbors into strangers and discourage us from climbing high.
Some things require us to devalue safety: seeking friendships, asking for help, seeing a stranger as a neighbor, asking a girl out with the “date” word…
So men, swap your safety razors for straight razors. (Literally though, let me know if you see a good deal online.)
Let us not be defined by our pursuit of safety, but by the danger we overcome.
