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[MikelArteta]

 

[CinnaSlim]

In hindsight I don't think I did. I think the premise to everyone's answer is contradictory. So now I'm trying to reconcile that. You're saying that people are wired like that, but then a couple posts above @Thatrogueassdiaz is saying that we are taught these things...qualifying them as social constructs as opposed to innate characteristics.

What other parameters though

Fons, you should look up the concept of ying-yang and paradoxical unity. It seems you are confused as to whether it is nature or nurture. It could be both. Perhaps, our seemingly dual nature caused us to create a separation which resulted in us nurturing our communities in a way that we see each other as different.
Perhaps, we've developed bodies that conformed to these social roles, through a process of sexual selection.

 

[concise]

I haven't even finished reading Paradise Lost, you expect me to read all that?

 

[Ziploc]

a very fine read sir....will spark discussion when i send it to my amazones,Gotta stock up on muscato and herbal tea cause they are coming over..

 

[neph27]

Understand that the fundamental differences between men and women are their reproductive system and their endocrine system. A mans body is designed or developed to function through masculine behaviors and women's body is designed to perform feminine behaviors.

Every person is capable of doing both. The post in OP isn't saying that women are all feminine energy or that men are all masculine energy. We all have varying levels. It might be easier to think of it in terms of hormones instead if energies.

Yes, there are masculine females and feminine males. However, when that occurs those people tend to adjust and alter their bodies through behavior, clothing, hormone therapy, surgeries, etc to align themselves with their energy. Don't think of masculine and feminine as black and white, when there are shades of gray. That is a very westernized way of thinking, just like we see male and female as black and white, there are intersex people.

You should look up the concept of ying-yang. Even looking at the symbol you will notice that there aren't just two distinct seperate parts. Inside the black, there is white and inside the white there is black. Even things that are seemingly opposite are interconnected that is the beauty of nature and relativity.

"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function."

f scott fitzgerald