https://barelyablog.com/on-being-a-man/ by ilana mercer Fri, 04 Jul 2025 18:55:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://barelyablog.com/on-being-a-man/comment-page-1/#comment-29306 Fri, 31 Dec 2021 08:26:20 +0000 https://barelyablog.com/?p=156587#comment-29306 Worthy and heartfelt praise for Julian Assange who has given up his life and his freedom for truth. Sadly not every man can be true to such noble ideas but uses compromise and faintheartedness as his credo.

]]> https://barelyablog.com/on-being-a-man/comment-page-1/#comment-29305 Fri, 31 Dec 2021 08:23:54 +0000 https://barelyablog.com/?p=156587#comment-29305 The term Puer aeternus comes to mind (eternal boy). Robert Bly has written quite a bit about this and how fairy tales relate to this. It has been since the late 70s though since I heard him. Was very interesting and helpful. We don’t have wars and battles so much anymore, the past common means of growing up.

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