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Fri 09 Sep 2008Poll digs behind the notion that this is a man's world
Driven by the contempt and ignorance of their surrounding culture, men gravitate towards the activity of providing, writes John Waters
WHEN WE talk about culture, we assume it the sum of its parts, rather than something grown into an organism with a life of its own. But cultures have minds independent of their creators: they think, believe, dictate, censor, oppress. The statement of a collective voice from within a culture must therefore be read with a health warning: rather than a spontaneous snapshot of opinion, it may be more like the videoed statement of a hostage with a knife to his Adam's apple.
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