Holy Liars: Why Good Men Still Can't Stop Misrepresenting Themselves

About this episode

The episode explores the impact of dishonesty on relationships and the underlying motivations behind men's misrepresentations.

What if every lie you tell is a small act of violence against someone's sanity? When you misrepresent reality, even through exaggeration or strategic omission, you force the people closest to you to live in a world that doesn't actually exist. Most men never connect their dishonesty to its real engine. It's not about the specific deception. It's about control. Every lie carries a twin sin: the dehumanization of someone you've reduced to an instrument in your desired outcome, and the quiet amb...

People in this episode

Host: Seth Troutt

Topics covered

• dishonesty
• control
• dehumanization
• misrepresentation
• masculinity

Keywords

• lies
• violence
• sanity
• exaggeration
• omission
• reality
• control

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