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Warren Farrell

Once boys' and men's challenges are clear, the question 'why now' quickly becomes 'why didn't we see this sooner?' The answer? Virtually every society that survived did so by socializing its sons to be disposable.

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The quote means that once we understand the problems boys and men face, it’s obvious that these issues should have been noticed earlier. It suggests that societies have historically treated males as expendable because this was seen as necessary for survival.

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