4 Reasons to Let Yourself be Angry
Maria Molfino
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This is interesting to me not just for the obvious reasons. I was born female, and growing up I felt like I was angry all the time, and no one (not true, but it felt that way) respected or listened to me. When I legitimately felt that someone had wronged me or a friend of mine, instead of addressing my words or argument, guys would call my anger “cute.” When perceived as a guy, I generally get a different response, and my anger is something I can more easily deal with and move on from, because other people actually respect it as a legitimate emotion. So if anything, what I’m getting from this isn’t that we should act in anger, but that we should listen to ourselves and our anger— and more importantly, that we need to listen to women. We can choose whether and how we act from our emotions, but it’s important to know what we’re feeling and why, and when those around us can’t handle our emotions it does feel like a pressure cooker.