thread: 2005-05-16 : Violence
On 2005-05-17, Christopher Kubasik wrote:
Hi Christian,
Just to be clear...
You wrote: "And Chris, sure. If someone attacks/tries to rape my wife, I kill the motherfucker. Break his skull and make sure he never gets a second chance. However, we're both aggressors in that scenario. What separates me from him is the purpose for which I use my aggression."
Which is exactly what I said, so we agree.
And then you wrote...
"I don't think we need to fall into the hole of gender-defined roles here, i.e., aggression being masculin"
... which I didn't do. I was addressing one of the essays linked at the top of the page "Fractured Family of Men", pointing out that men accepting their aggressive energy was what allowed them to bond in my Bukido group, an idea running contra to the essayists view that we need to tap our "feminine" side. I never said women were not, or could not, be aggressive. (Frankly, the most aggressive person in my Bukido school is a woman. Her challenge is to channel it with more focus.)
Christopher
