thread: 2005-05-16 : Violence
On 2005-05-17, Vincent wrote:
I question the value of the metaphor - "masculine side, feminine side" - entirely. Whenever we talk about assertion, aggression, empathy, touch, courage, humility, submission in those terms, we bring gender in where it can only confuse us.
We conflate the acts and feelings themselves with the social rules that constrain them.
So instead let's say, like, "he has a very masculine approach to empathy," meaning that he expresses empathy in a way consistent with our society's view of men.
