Growing up as a boy, we were taught that men had to be tough, had to be strong, had to be courageous, dominating -- no pain, no emotions, with the exception of anger -- and definitely no fear; that men are in charge, which means women are not; that men lead, and you should just follow and do what we say; that men are superior; women are inferior; that men are strong; women are weak; that women are of less value, property of men, and objects, particularly sexual objects.
Dok sam rastao, učili su nas da muškarci moraju biti tvrdi, moraju biti jaki, moraju biti hrabri, dominantni -- bez bola, bez emocija, s izuzetkom srdžbe -- i definitivno bez straha -- da su muškarci glavni, što znači da žene nisu; da muškarci vode, a vi biste trebale samo slijediti i raditi kako mi kažemo; da su muškarci superiorni, žene su inferiorne; da su muškarci snažni, žene su slabe; da žene vrijede manje -- vlasništvo su muškaraca -- one su i objekti, naročito seksualni objekti.