"Grave this on your memory, lad. A world is supposed by four things"--she held up four big-knuckled fingers--"the learning of the wise, the justice of the great, the prayers of the righteous, and the valor of the brave." Which things, then, eat away at the world's foundations?
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I think these would be better described as "Apollonian"– having to do with the keeping of moral & formal laws, transmission of culture– rather than traditionally masculine virtues, though the two are heavily intertwined.
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I lean heavily here on David M. Gilmore, admittedly, since he did the heavy ethnographic analysis– but he makes a compelling case for the universality of the duties to protect (kin and kith), provide (material wealth for their families), & procreate (esp. male children)
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These are virtues of agents (actors). Traditionally, women are viewed as patients (acted upon). In the modern era, it need not be this way, but because of the traditional role assignment, agent/patient and masculine/feminine are often muddled.
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Whence do you draw the agent/patient distinction? Is it your own terminology?
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