13/ OF COURSE there's a spectrum of behavior. But put on a Venn, guaran-damn-tee men lie vastly to the right on aggression scale. Nature.
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Agreed that badly channeled male instinct is disastrous. Rappers & sports shouldn't be main heroes; astronauts & entrepreneurs should be.
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Or both should be! As should activists and artists and poets and writers and the really great dad that throws a good barbecue every summer
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Recoding doesn't mean "throw it all in the trash." It means, "lets take an honest look at what stays and what goes and how we talk about it"
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Strength is coded masculine. Empathy is coded feminine. What if we made those lines blurrier?
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1/ We've already blurred them--so much so, that we're forcing the point counter-productively. Instead step back, return to embracing...
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2/ ...what is best in each trait-set. Male strength--good, but WHERE is it best applied? Female empathy--good...etc.
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I get that, but I disagree with the premise that we've blurred them enough. We can do more, get more, and answer those questions.
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Floored we're agreeing, & enjoying it. Proton/Antiproton meet, >do not annihilate<, news at 11! Can we continue later? I'm off to IRL stuff
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