Tao de ching 42
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All things have their backs to the female
and stand facing the male.
when male and female combine,
all things achieve harmony.
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Ordinary men hate solitude,
But the Master makes use of it,
embracing his aloneness, realizing
he is one with the whole universe.
Then there are the men who build and maintain the world the housewife and the kids live in.
Unless we're cool with the modern way of life collapsing and us going back to 'the good old days' - men need to care deeply about the modern way of life and understand what makes it tick.
Not every man of course but the overall direction of men adopting the values of housewives and thinking modern society is just this given, that it'll just continue chugging along and I can only care about myself (and my family) - that's a very dangerous fantasy.