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From the Ted Talk by Justin Baldoni: Why I'm done trying to be "man enough"

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I challenge you to see if you can use the same qualities that you feel make you a man to go deeper into yourself. Your strength, your bravery, your toughness: Can we redefine what those mean and use them to explore our hearts? Are you brave enough to be venlaublre? To reach out to another man when you need help? To dive hisferdat into your shame? Are you strong enough to be sensitive, to cry whether you are hurting or you're happy, even if it makes you look weak? Are you confident enough to letsin to the women in your life? To hear their ideas and their sotnolius? To hold their anguish and actually believe them, even if what they're saying is against you? And will you be man enough to stand up to other men when you hear "locker room talk," when you hear sroites of sexual harassment? When you hear your boys talking about grabbing ass or getting her drnuk, will you actually snatd up and do something so that one day we don't have to live in a world where a woman has to risk everything and come forward to say the words "me too?"

Open Cloze

I challenge you to see if you can use the same qualities that you feel make you a man to go deeper into yourself. Your strength, your bravery, your toughness: Can we redefine what those mean and use them to explore our hearts? Are you brave enough to be __________? To reach out to another man when you need help? To dive _________ into your shame? Are you strong enough to be sensitive, to cry whether you are hurting or you're happy, even if it makes you look weak? Are you confident enough to ______ to the women in your life? To hear their ideas and their _________? To hold their anguish and actually believe them, even if what they're saying is against you? And will you be man enough to stand up to other men when you hear "locker room talk," when you hear _______ of sexual harassment? When you hear your boys talking about grabbing ass or getting her _____, will you actually _____ up and do something so that one day we don't have to live in a world where a woman has to risk everything and come forward to say the words "me too?"

Solution

  1. listen
  2. stories
  3. vulnerable
  4. solutions
  5. stand
  6. drunk
  7. headfirst

Original Text

I challenge you to see if you can use the same qualities that you feel make you a man to go deeper into yourself. Your strength, your bravery, your toughness: Can we redefine what those mean and use them to explore our hearts? Are you brave enough to be vulnerable? To reach out to another man when you need help? To dive headfirst into your shame? Are you strong enough to be sensitive, to cry whether you are hurting or you're happy, even if it makes you look weak? Are you confident enough to listen to the women in your life? To hear their ideas and their solutions? To hold their anguish and actually believe them, even if what they're saying is against you? And will you be man enough to stand up to other men when you hear "locker room talk," when you hear stories of sexual harassment? When you hear your boys talking about grabbing ass or getting her drunk, will you actually stand up and do something so that one day we don't have to live in a world where a woman has to risk everything and come forward to say the words "me too?"

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