If you had told me a few months ago that I (someone who doesn't like football) would not only watch Ted Lasso but be moved enough to post about it for International Men's Day, I'd have laughed. And yet, here we are... Season 2, episode 8 hit me hard. Not because of the tactics or the goals, but because of the tenderness. In a world that often equates masculinity with stoicism, dominance and emotional distance, this episode offered something radical - men being vulnerable. Men

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