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It's a man's world. Yeah! See something you want, go after it and get it! That's nature. It's why we're made strong and women weak. Strong conquer and provide for the weak. That's what a man's for! Teach our kids that, there'd be more men!
— Porter Hollingsway · A Letter to Three Wives
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An editorial interpretation.
The speaker presents male dominance as natural, claiming that men are strong and women weak. That sexist premise is used to justify conquest and provision as masculine duties. The closing demand to teach children this view turns a personal declaration into a prescription for how boys should be raised.
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