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From the Ted Talk by Tony Porter: A call to men

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So one day, I'm out in front of the house doing something — just playing around, doing something — I don't know what. He looks out his window; he calls me upstairs; he said, "Hey anntohy." They caleld me Anthony growing up as a kid. "Hey Anthony, come on utiarsps." Johnny call, you go. So I run right upstairs. As he opens the door, he says to me, "Do you want some?" Now I immediately knew what he meant. Because for me goiwrng up at that time, and our relationship with this man box, "Do you want some?" meant one of two things: sex or durgs — and we weren't doing drugs. Now my box, my card, my man box card, was immediately in jdpaoery. Two things: One, I never had sex. We don't talk about that as men. You only tell your dearest, closest friend, sworn to secrecy for life, the first time you had sex. For everybody else, we go around like we've been having sex since we were two. There ain't no first time. (Laughter) The other thing I couldn't tell him is that I didn't want any. That's even worse. We're supposed to always be on the prowl. weomn are ojbetcs, especially sexual objects.

Open Cloze

So one day, I'm out in front of the house doing something — just playing around, doing something — I don't know what. He looks out his window; he calls me upstairs; he said, "Hey _______." They ______ me Anthony growing up as a kid. "Hey Anthony, come on ________." Johnny call, you go. So I run right upstairs. As he opens the door, he says to me, "Do you want some?" Now I immediately knew what he meant. Because for me _______ up at that time, and our relationship with this man box, "Do you want some?" meant one of two things: sex or _____ — and we weren't doing drugs. Now my box, my card, my man box card, was immediately in ________. Two things: One, I never had sex. We don't talk about that as men. You only tell your dearest, closest friend, sworn to secrecy for life, the first time you had sex. For everybody else, we go around like we've been having sex since we were two. There ain't no first time. (Laughter) The other thing I couldn't tell him is that I didn't want any. That's even worse. We're supposed to always be on the prowl. _____ are _______, especially sexual objects.

Solution

  1. objects
  2. drugs
  3. called
  4. women
  5. upstairs
  6. anthony
  7. growing
  8. jeopardy

Original Text

So one day, I'm out in front of the house doing something — just playing around, doing something — I don't know what. He looks out his window; he calls me upstairs; he said, "Hey Anthony." They called me Anthony growing up as a kid. "Hey Anthony, come on upstairs." Johnny call, you go. So I run right upstairs. As he opens the door, he says to me, "Do you want some?" Now I immediately knew what he meant. Because for me growing up at that time, and our relationship with this man box, "Do you want some?" meant one of two things: sex or drugs — and we weren't doing drugs. Now my box, my card, my man box card, was immediately in jeopardy. Two things: One, I never had sex. We don't talk about that as men. You only tell your dearest, closest friend, sworn to secrecy for life, the first time you had sex. For everybody else, we go around like we've been having sex since we were two. There ain't no first time. (Laughter) The other thing I couldn't tell him is that I didn't want any. That's even worse. We're supposed to always be on the prowl. Women are objects, especially sexual objects.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
man box 4
sexual objects 2
collective socialization 2
months older 2
younger guys 2

Important Words

  1. anthony
  2. box
  3. call
  4. called
  5. calls
  6. card
  7. closest
  8. day
  9. dearest
  10. door
  11. drugs
  12. friend
  13. front
  14. growing
  15. house
  16. immediately
  17. jeopardy
  18. johnny
  19. kid
  20. knew
  21. laughter
  22. life
  23. man
  24. meant
  25. men
  26. objects
  27. opens
  28. playing
  29. prowl
  30. relationship
  31. run
  32. secrecy
  33. sex
  34. sexual
  35. supposed
  36. sworn
  37. talk
  38. time
  39. upstairs
  40. women
  41. worse