So...where exactly is our leadership?

[JasonBlack]

(11-16-2022, 01:27 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: Why not a society that cultivates and celebrates healthy people?

The two are not exclusive. The point is that cultivating healthy masculinity and healthy femininity are completely different. Men and women are much more different than they are alike, and the delusion that you can just raise both of them the same way is a big reason why we're in this mess. Even if we set aside gender, the whole notion of blank slate theory has been disproven by psychologists (specifically, it is in the minority of psychological studies which are actually reputable) for at least 40 years. Brain lateralization, testosterone levels, estrogen levels, proneness to aggression, hypocampus, verbal intelligence, mathematical intelligence, visual spatial intelligence, neuroticism, agreeableness......I could fill a book with the inborn differences between men and women, and why they have different talents, different needs and different priorities.

So I will restate my point: if you don't cultivate, cherish and respect healthy masculinity, don't expect anyone to defend you from toxic masculinity, because you have done nothing to deserve it, and even if you did, there would be no one around to do it.