Re:Training the Masculinity Out of Children
by nils-m-holm on Friday April 13, 2018 @03:04AM
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> Masculinity is a need for survival in difficult conditions.
Yes, but it is a problem in good conditions, because it takes precedence over traits like empathy, prudence, and thoughtfulness.
Anecdote: I have been in professional settings where I saw a problem, but nobody would listen and my arguments were countered with aggression and ad-hominem. When the projects finally imploded, I was told I should have made my point more strongly.
However, aggression and thoughtfulness are like the end-points of a slider: the more you have of one, the less you have of the other. If I had focused on being aggressive, I would not have had the resources to locate said problems.
If competence and critical thinking actually had any value, we would have solved longevity and faster-than-light long ago, but we prefer to pound our chests like gorillas in suits.
Yes, but it is a problem in good conditions, because it takes precedence over traits like empathy, prudence, and thoughtfulness.
Anecdote: I have been in professional settings where I saw a problem, but nobody would listen and my arguments were countered with aggression and ad-hominem. When the projects finally imploded, I was told I should have made my point more strongly.
However, aggression and thoughtfulness are like the end-points of a slider: the more you have of one, the less you have of the other. If I had focused on being aggressive, I would not have had the resources to locate said problems.
If competence and critical thinking actually had any value, we would have solved longevity and faster-than-light long ago, but we prefer to pound our chests like gorillas in suits.