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Originally Posted by jaamkie  I've seen quite a few discussions of the meaning of a "real man" on this board, while I think strength and honesty and etc are good things, it irks me that they're associated with masculinity, and that other equally important "feminine" traits aren't given equal weight- patience and kindness etc... I think they have to all come together somehow and to separate them into different "man" and "woman" sets doesn't really help anyone. My ideal man would be strong and independent and honest and gentle and kind/empathetic all together, and I hope I can be all of those things myself as well! |
That's probably the same thing MR_A was getting at but couldn't out and out say it.
There are masculine and feminine traits or masculine and feminine energies and both need to be balanced. Patience and kindness, a lot of men have those traits handled to some degree but they don't balance them with what I wrote above. They are no less of value in any way