You can’t just sleep with men and learn about them that way. You have to observe and get to know men in a safe environment. You have to hang out with them and watch them and resist the urge to build your life around one of them. You have to see what men are from close range, but without imperiling your sense of yourself. You need to stand on firm ground first and foremost.
– Heather Havrilesky
*Heather Havrilesky is the voice behind The Cut’s Ask Polly advice column. This quote was pulled from her recent response to the prompt: “Men always disappoint me.”
Source: DORÉ – DORÉ