Lyzko
7 Mar 2024
Love / How do Polish men feel about gender equality? [780]
Read an article in today's NYT about that retired football player, Kelce's his name, I think, who
openly wept when he announced his retirement the other day.
I was reminded how openly Polish men whom I've known, completely straight men built like linebackers,
will cry at the drop of a kapelusz, if their history or identity is impugned, particularly by the foreign press!
Other nationalities such as the French, Germans or Italians, will react to such ignominy with anger, perhaps
even violence, sometimes with irony and dismissive laughter. Only the Poles whom I've experienced will respond
unabashedly with tears.
Read an article in today's NYT about that retired football player, Kelce's his name, I think, who
openly wept when he announced his retirement the other day.
I was reminded how openly Polish men whom I've known, completely straight men built like linebackers,
will cry at the drop of a kapelusz, if their history or identity is impugned, particularly by the foreign press!
Other nationalities such as the French, Germans or Italians, will react to such ignominy with anger, perhaps
even violence, sometimes with irony and dismissive laughter. Only the Poles whom I've experienced will respond
unabashedly with tears.