"All men are selfish, but the vain man is in love with himself. He admires, like the lover his adored one, everything which to others is indifferent."

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We admire predators - panthers, lions, tigers, even wolves. Maybe to be naturally thoughtful and hesitant to use violence is to be somehow second rate. To be in the middle of the social food chain. Especially if you're a man. This society thinks real men are violent.

— Marge Piercy