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Why Tension in Relationships is Important
How to Balance the Masculine and Feminine Energies
Are There Differences Between Men and Women?
Masculine and feminine are terms that cause a lot of grief and apparent offence. I believe this is mainly because people often associate “masculine” with “man” and “feminine” with “woman”. There is a reason for such an association (which I’ll address later), but it’s worth stating clearly that masculine does not mean necessarily male, nor feminine female. To add further to the confusion, dictionary.com describes masculine and feminine as below:
Masculine: having qualities traditionally ascribed to men, such as strength and boldness.
Feminine: having qualities traditionally ascribed to women, such as sensitivity or gentleness.
The keyword here is traditionally. What this means is that evolutionarily speaking, men have predominantly manifested certain qualities while women have predominantly manifested others. Women are the only sex capable of becoming pregnant at the biological level. Packaged in with this ability to become pregnant is a plethora of hormones and different bodily strengths and weaknesses which directly impact personality type (generally speaking, of course).
