Why does the male gender role have generally less flexibility? Feminine men seem more mocked than masculine women, you can name a baby girl 'Max' but it's weird for a baby boy to be "Sarah", women being bi is basically a fun norm while 'bi guys' are stereotyped as gay. Why?
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"A Boy Named Sue," Johnny Cash. Give it a listen
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I don't think it has less flexibility along all dimensions. It's pretty acceptable for men to be compassionate, and at least in my surveys, masculine interests in women correlate more with gender role dissatisfaction than feminine interests in men do.
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What do you mean correlate more with gender role dissatisfaction?
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Maybe males that didn't fulfill their role as expected were more dangerous for the group? I'm mainly thinking fighting contexts.
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Also, this is largely irrelevant but nonetheless: men's bodies are literally less flexible.
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Any such theory is gonna have to account for hugely variable male expectations in various cultures
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yeah i wonder if this is just a modern thing, like pre-feminism a masculine women is really gross, and maybe it is, but I think my model is that male flexibility is still comparatively less than female flexibility across cultures today.
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Maybe something in there. Masculinity doesn’t impact a woman’s ability to make a baby, femininity has higher impact on a man’s ability to fight a lion
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It probably just boils down to survival, for a society to thrive it needs feminine women and masculine men.
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Women of reproductive age represent a smaller proportion of the population than fertile men. They are therefore in higher demand. Men have a stronger incentive to appeal to women’s desires than vice versa.
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