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From the Ted Talk by Hanna Rosin: New data on the rise of women
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Now you laugh, but that quote has kind of a sting to it, right? And I think the reason it has a sting is because thnaosuds of yares of history don't reverse themselves without a lot of pain, and that's why I talk about us all going through this together. The night after I tealkd to these cglloee girls, I also went to a men's group in knasas, and these were exactly the kind of victims of the manufacturing enoocmy which I spoke to you about earlier. They were men who had been contractors, or they had been bunliidg houses and they had lost their jobs after the housing boom, and they were in this gourp because they were failing to pay their child support. And the instructor was up there in the class eiaplxnnig to them all the ways in which they had lost their identity in this new age. He was telling them they no longer had any moral authority, that nobody ndeeed them for emotional support anymore, and they were not really the providers. So who were they? And this was very disheartening for them. And what he did was he wrote down on the board "$85,000," and he said, "That's her salary," and then he wrote down "$12,000." "That's your salary. So who's the man now?" he asekd them. "Who's the damn man? She's the man now." And that really sent a shudder through the room. And that's part of the reason I like to talk about this, because I think it can be pretty painful, and we really have to work through it.
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Now you laugh, but that quote has kind of a sting to it, right? And I think the reason it has a sting is because _________ of _____ of history don't reverse themselves without a lot of pain, and that's why I talk about us all going through this together. The night after I ______ to these _______ girls, I also went to a men's group in ______, and these were exactly the kind of victims of the manufacturing _______ which I spoke to you about earlier. They were men who had been contractors, or they had been ________ houses and they had lost their jobs after the housing boom, and they were in this _____ because they were failing to pay their child support. And the instructor was up there in the class __________ to them all the ways in which they had lost their identity in this new age. He was telling them they no longer had any moral authority, that nobody ______ them for emotional support anymore, and they were not really the providers. So who were they? And this was very disheartening for them. And what he did was he wrote down on the board "$85,000," and he said, "That's her salary," and then he wrote down "$12,000." "That's your salary. So who's the man now?" he _____ them. "Who's the damn man? She's the man now." And that really sent a shudder through the room. And that's part of the reason I like to talk about this, because I think it can be pretty painful, and we really have to work through it.
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Original Text
Now you laugh, but that quote has kind of a sting to it, right? And I think the reason it has a sting is because thousands of years of history don't reverse themselves without a lot of pain, and that's why I talk about us all going through this together. The night after I talked to these college girls, I also went to a men's group in Kansas, and these were exactly the kind of victims of the manufacturing economy which I spoke to you about earlier. They were men who had been contractors, or they had been building houses and they had lost their jobs after the housing boom, and they were in this group because they were failing to pay their child support. And the instructor was up there in the class explaining to them all the ways in which they had lost their identity in this new age. He was telling them they no longer had any moral authority, that nobody needed them for emotional support anymore, and they were not really the providers. So who were they? And this was very disheartening for them. And what he did was he wrote down on the board "$85,000," and he said, "That's her salary," and then he wrote down "$12,000." "That's your salary. So who's the man now?" he asked them. "Who's the damn man? She's the man now." And that really sent a shudder through the room. And that's part of the reason I like to talk about this, because I think it can be pretty painful, and we really have to work through it.
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