I've noticed this downside from strength: I'm one person who gets asked more than average to do stuff.
And I'm not much into conspiracy theories, but I wouldn't be surprised to hear that the concept of "bulk" was abetted by male chauvinists to keep women in their place. I mean, where else in today's society can a man write about how women should limit their abilities to remain "feminine" and mostly get away with it?
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"It doesn't happen all at once," said the Skin Horse. "You become. It takes a long time. That's why it doesn't happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all, because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand."
The Velveteen Rabbit
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