When truth is measured by noise, justice becomes blind in the wrong way. A calm man should not be punished for peace, nor should chaos be mistaken for care. Real fairness listens to facts, not feelings, and when emotion outweighs evidence, the system fails those who trust it most.
“I once sat in on a divorce hearing in Texas. The husband, a quiet accountant, presented spreadsheets, bank records, and a timeline of his wife’s spending sprees and infidelities. He spoke calmly, factually, without emotion. The wife screamed, sobbed, slammed her fist on the table, and claimed he “never loved her.”
The judge awarded her primary custody, alimony, and the house. His “lack of emotional expression,” the ruling stated, proved detachment. Her hysteria? “Passionate concern for the children.” Let me be clear: in the modern legal system,
men are punished for self-control, and women are rewarded for losing it. This isn’t justice. It’s emotional tyranny. And it’s baked into every institution—from courts to classrooms to boardrooms. The calm man is seen as cold. The hysterical woman is seen as passionate. The data doesn’t matter. The facts don’t matter. Only the performance of pain.””