You know, so-How do you think something like that, when we suppress that authenticity, the what makes us us, how do you think that impacts us into adulthood?

I'm really glad he shared this experience because so many young men, so many boys grow up with a similar experience.

The feeling like, you know, you have to hide or, um, you know, not display to the world if you like poetry or if you enjoy some of the more, you know, quote-unquote, "sensitive" things in life.

Um, and first of all, I think it's so important that men today express themselves, share these things, and talk about it because that will make a huge difference, um, as communities grow up, right? Regarding shame, I...

Shame is really a difficult emotion.

And, you know, shame doesn't erase sensitivity.

As much as we might wanna push things down, um, and shame kind of covers up sensitivity and that, that, that openness there, shame doesn't erase sensitivity.

It's a new term, but I think it's a really important way of looking at it, is, you know, what do you think emotional literacy means?