This post made me think about how Horatio Alger's stories of a young man pulling himself up by his boot straps were so popular and lauded as important tomes... while Horatio Alger himself did not pull himself up by his own boot straps and BONUS - was a total creep who preyed upon young men! Kind of reminds me about men saying they want to protect women from encountering a trans person in the restroom, but will totally try to put their hands on an unwilling woman when she's just trying to get a drink at the bar (or a book at the library, as it were.)
This post made me think about how Horatio Alger's stories of a young man pulling himself up by his boot straps were so popular and lauded as important tomes... while Horatio Alger himself did not pull himself up by his own boot straps and BONUS - was a total creep who preyed upon young men! Kind of reminds me about men saying they want to protect women from encountering a trans person in the restroom, but will totally try to put their hands on an unwilling woman when she's just trying to get a drink at the bar (or a book at the library, as it were.)