I feared perhaps some people would push back and say "dude, just exercise," or point out that men haven't been held to the same social pressures as women -- but I really didn't see any of that.
Women in demanding and male-dominated work often fear, perhaps like Dati, that they will no longer be taken seriously if they take time out.
"This is something to be proud of and not something to fear". Perhaps so.
And there is also fear: Perhaps you could lose your job if it is known your son has gone to join IS militants?
Officials fear perhaps 750,000 may die in coming months if aid organizations cannot reach them.
I sometimes feared, perhaps because an overwhelming majority of the Libyan population was born after Qaddafi assumed power, that most Libyans, particularly the young, would feel it to be inevitable that dictators will forever rule Libya.
I fear that perhaps I'm giving them false hope.
It was belittling, saddening, and I fear that perhaps this was precisely the point.
Over the course of the next few days, I grew weaker and weaker, and hungrier and hungrier, until my friend – fearing, perhaps, that I was about to do my famous impression of Kathy Bates in Misery – took a taxi to the nearest town, where she bought a huge bag of Mozartkugel, those rather odd chocolate and marzipan balls named after the composer.
Standard child fears, perhaps, but I devoted serious time to them.
