I think masculinity is bravado against the mystery of the universe of women. It’s just a fear of not knowing what women have that’s so powerful. It’s this shield they put up to try to get closer.

A warrior carries his shield for the sake of the entire line.

A Spartan woman, as she handed her son his shield, exhorted him saying, “As a warrior of Sparta come back with your shield or on it.

Come back with your shield – or on it.

There is no greater tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of the law and in the name of justice.