Brené Brown has found through her research that women tend to feel shame around the idea of being "never enough": at home, at work, in bed. Never pretty enough, never smart enough, never thin enough, never good enough. Men tend to feel shame around the fear of being "perceived as weak", or more academically: 'fear of being called a pussy'.
Both sexes get trapped in the same box, for different reasons.
If I ask for help, 'I am not enough'.
If I ask for help, 'I am weak'.
It's no wonder so many of us just don't bother to ask.
It's to painful.
em The Art of Asking, de Amanda Palmer
