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Iceland is the most gender-equal place on this planet. The country does a lot of things right . From ultra low gender pay gaps to great representation of women in politics.

While taking into account , all the right things it does , it still hasn't eliminated the problem of sexual violence and there's still some amount of gender pay gap.

So here's a two parter question:

1. What makes iceland the closest country to gender equality?

2. What's stopping it from being total patriarchy free?

So I attended wedding of my best friend . He's from a different culture/community than I am. It was the point where lunch is served.

I got seated for lunch with in like 2nd round of serving . There was an older gentleman next to me. Well to do , high position in corporate etc etc. A lady sat next to him ( his wife presumably).

The servers start serving . They served this one particular rice based dish , which tbh was pretty tasty , but I've no idea what to call that dish. I start eating .

Out of nowhere, this gentleman next to me , grabs my plate , no heads up , nothing - straight up grabs it and pours dal, chutney and some jaggery sprinkled on top the rice based dish. Because according to him, I wasn't eating the dish the "right way" . And the lady sitting next to him says - " this is how you eat it".

I gave him the "weird" look - "bro you just grabbed my plate". He gave me an awkward look because I gave him a weird look - maybe he was expecting thanks , since he taught me how to eat the "right way".

Anyway this was a bizzarely kinda funny incident that I wanted to share.

Some really funny horror comedies like john dies at the end. If the novel has social/cultural critique, then it's an added plus point. Definitely not a requirement though.

Don't get me wrong . Cheating is definitely wrong and morally despicable. But if there's one thing I understand after working in professions where infidelity is regular ( fitness, club promotion, gigs) is that lust is a significant factor ,when it comes to transgression and monogamy isn't natural for many humans .

One thing that doesn't deserve grace though , is when the cheating partner doesn't come clean to the cheated partner immediately. Because that's just another level of manipulation and gaslighting.

So the act of cheating deserves some grace, but the cheating partner needs to come clean to cheated partner about their act and then they have the power as to what to do about the future of their relationship.

I asked this question on other sub , but the post didn't get enough traction, hence asking here.

I've always identified as straight. All of my previous relationships were with women, and that never really felt like something I questioned. That changed roughly 9 months ago.

About 9 months ago, I suddenly discovered that I was attracted to "feminine men"—or what people commonly call "twinks." And because I live in a pretty hyper-liberal coastal city, I decided to lean into it. I ended up having a ton of amazing experiences with men. At one point, I was literally on five different queer dating apps.

It got so intense that, for a while, I genuinely couldn't understand how I'd ever thought I was attracted to women. Even heterosexual adult content stopped doing anything for me. Pretty much everything I was consuming was gay. I even started seriously considering that maybe I was actually fully gay.

Especially during Pride Month this year, I was having an absolute blast—so many amazing romantic and sexual experiences with men. At one point, I was pretty much ready to identify as gay, or maybe bisexual with a strong preference for men.

Then, about a month ago, something just... switched.

The attraction to men started fading, and the intensity just wasn't there anymore. My sexual attraction seemed to swing back toward women again (I don't really know how else to phrase it). And honestly, the version of me from a month ago feels almost completely unrecognizable. I'm sitting here thinking, Who the hell was that guy?

The last eight months almost feel like a fever dream.

I did some research and came across the term "bi-cycle." Is this what I'm experiencing? Because honestly, "identity crisis" has never felt more accurate.

The book should have a very slow burn buildup for the majority of the book , but the payoff should be satisfying and emotional.

There's a lot of gloom and doom in popular media regarding boys poor performances in school , drop out rates and some behavioural issues .

1.How has your experience been currently?

2.Is it all that bad?

3. What's common in boys that do well in school ?

4. What would be your suggestions to parents of boys?

Thank you.

Sport novels that go beyond winning a game/tournament, that are either political commentaries or great relationship/character studies. Like million dollar baby or challengers movies