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From the Ted Talk by Justin Baldoni: Why I'm done trying to be "man enough"

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Now, men —

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I am not saying that everything we have learned is toxic. OK? I'm not saying there's anything irnehlenty wrong with you or me, and men, I'm not saying we have to stop being men. But we need bcaanle, right? We need balance, and the only way things will change is if we take a real honest look at the scripts that have been passed down to us from generation to generation and the roles that, as men, we coohse to take on in our everyday lvies.

So speaking of scripts, the first script I ever got came from my dad. My dad is awesome. He's loving, he's kind, he's sensitive, he's nurturing, he's here.

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Now, men —

(________)

I am not saying that everything we have learned is toxic. OK? I'm not saying there's anything __________ wrong with you or me, and men, I'm not saying we have to stop being men. But we need _______, right? We need balance, and the only way things will change is if we take a real honest look at the scripts that have been passed down to us from generation to generation and the roles that, as men, we ______ to take on in our everyday _____.

So speaking of scripts, the first script I ever got came from my dad. My dad is awesome. He's loving, he's kind, he's sensitive, he's nurturing, he's here.

Solution


  1. lives
  2. choose
  3. balance
  4. laughter
  5. inherently

Original Text


Now, men —

(Laughter)

I am not saying that everything we have learned is toxic. OK? I'm not saying there's anything inherently wrong with you or me, and men, I'm not saying we have to stop being men. But we need balance, right? We need balance, and the only way things will change is if we take a real honest look at the scripts that have been passed down to us from generation to generation and the roles that, as men, we choose to take on in our everyday lives.

So speaking of scripts, the first script I ever got came from my dad. My dad is awesome. He's loving, he's kind, he's sensitive, he's nurturing, he's here.

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