If men were feminine instead of masculine, would the world be a better place?

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I ask this question because men in my opinion need to be masculine in order to protect their families and loved ones. As well as protect themselves.

Boys and men are expected to be strong, active, aggressive, tough, and dominant.

“Toxic masculinity” points to a particular version of masculinity that is unhealthy for the men and boys who conform to it, and harmful for those around them.

The phrase emphasises the worst aspects of stereotypically masculine attributes. Toxic masculinity is represented by qualities such as violence, dominance, emotional illiteracy, sexual entitlement, and hostility to femininity.

It basically portrays men and being masculine as bad and that all men are toxic if they have said traits listed at the top. Masculinity in and of itself is not toxic.

Toxic masculinity is largely linked to aggression and violence, according to research, and leaves boys and men at a disproportionate risk for everything from academic challenges to health disparities, not excluding substance abuse and cardiovascular complications.

Here is a video on toxic masculinity to better understand what I am talking about:

https://youtu.be/BwSvQwuPcR4?si=8ie1OsK9Nd2OQi3T

And here's a quote that aligns well with the message being presented:

Mens greatest weakness is their facade of strength, and women's greatest strength is their facade of weakness. -Warren Farrell

CriticalCatDad123 · Accepted Answer

“You don't become safe by being castrated."

“If you’re harmless, you’re not virtuous. You’re just harmless. You’re like a rabbit. A rabbit isn’t virtuous, it just can’t do anything except get eaten! It’s not virtuous. If you’re a monster and you don’t act monstrously, then you’re virtuous. But you also have to be a monster.” - Jordan Peterson

dolemite58 · Accepted Answer

Masculinity is toxic until women desperately need it around. “Theres no such thing as a feminist in a house fire” Bill Burr 🤣

IslaTheWitch · Answer

I don't agree with *Boys and men are expected to be strong, active, aggressive, tough, and dominant.*

It was true when they needed to kill that mammoth for burgers or defend their tribe or family group from predators... but we live in a world where different qualities are needed... we don't kill mammoths as all needed stuff is in the grocery around the corner. We also don't need to defend closed ones from predators... except fucking mosquitoes...

Today, when people are highly specialized, cooperation and social skills are the most important qualities. Understanding today's world requires intelligence and knowledge from the economic field. Creating a safe space for one's family requires money, and earning money combines all those skills...

of course... masculine men are still thrilling in some ways, but there is not much use in today's world for big muscles, toughness, or aggressiveness. And dominant people rarely get things done in public offices... or in work place :D

abc3643 · Answer

In a sense, this is the thrust of the novel "The Power" by Naomi Alderman. The book was turned into an Amazon Prime TV series.

In short, in "The Power", girls over the age of about 13 or 14 begin evolving a new organ which can emit jolts of electricity just like an electric eel. These jolts can be lethal. Eventually, all females over that age develop this organ. So, the reality is that women become "the stronger sex" and the world changes.

Told from the perspective of 5000 years later, a discussion between a "male author" and his friend/editor (a woman) at the end of the novel is sort of the very question you ask: "Would the world be a better place?"

Naomi Alderman doesn't think so. It may be better for women, but it's just the same with a sex reversal.

WindAtMyBack · Answer

There is only one reason why two sexes exist - to have sex and procreate. Having two sexes forces genetic diversity. All the other differences are secondary characteristics. If evolution could think in words, it might think something like "as long as we already have two sexes, might as well make some other differences to specialize them".

Nature has a reason for everything, even if we don't always understand it. Nature has worked very hard and very long to make those secondary characteristics. Why mess with it?

SixFootSexy · Answer

There has been a major Psy-War since the 1960's to divide the genders. They knew if they could destroy the most primal bond of family and faith in the most basic fundamentals of reality, they could get an atomized society to believe and do anything. It serves a dual purpose of lowering their quality of living and using the consumerist individuals as a tax farm. The globalist managers have succeeded, look around.

Some history on feminism and the occult:

https://www.youtube.com/embed/Qr5yweBE-8w

strateguy632 · Answer

it would be worse if men were feminine.

that aggressive idea is a myth...

if men were truly toxic then lady pair without toxic men would get along... but the rate of divorce of lady pair is higher rate.

look at actress sara gilbert, great actress but already divorced twice in a short time WITHOUT any toxic males.

OBJECTIVELY we see women are the problem n need to be more flexible.

b_lova · Answer

If men were more like women we can't say this world would be a better place, but we know it would be different.

Something your question and argument doesn't seem to take into consideration is that women can be just as toxic as men but in a different way. Many women I know don't like to hang out with other women for a reason.

BCRanger10 · Answer

No. In fact, it would be much worse. Trying to get a man who is naturally designed to be masculine is trying to get him to rebel against that which makes him what he is. Not only does it cause him to not be at peace with and love who and what he is, but it's also a waste of time and resources. What, do they want men being more feminine and women being more masculine?  It's idiocy to try that.  It's like trying to get a dog to act like a cat.

SotiCoto · Answer

People are so quick to want to lump everything into distinct categories.
Masculinity and Femininity are vague concepts to the point of uselessness. The very ideas differ considerably from one culture to the next.
I'd personally regard chasing either, for either gender, to be the height of folly.

"Masculine" and "feminine" are both just chains that hold you back from being and doing whatever you want to be and do. For that matter, the idea of some behaviours being "toxic" is the same way.

patois · Answer

There is nothing unhealthy about being a man. Your mental illness makes you think the world is toxic because you are unable to adapt to what is happening around you. Your own weakness is the problem. You were raised in a bubble and can't deal with reality.

SeriouslyNotSerious · Answer

Nope. It'll be much worse. We need masculine men. Men are physically strong, they build houses, roads, and all of these structures. Women can't do all of that by themselves, even if they act masculine lol. 🤣

We just have to agree that we need each other, embracing our own traits and capabilities. Men and women are built different and we... complete each other.

Anonymous · Answer

no. guys should just act like guys, not super effeminate. i think people need to understand that being masculine doesn't necessarily mean being toxic/bad/sexist/violent/etc. there's a healthy good non toxic way to be masculine. that's what society should push guys to have, not femininity or the toxic macho flavor

Apple1996 · Answer

People just need to drop the masculine/feminine shit. It literally makes no difference to what kind of person you are. Be yourself and be kind. That will lead to the world being a better place

Massageman · Answer

God created men to be men, women to be women. Period.

David94358 · Answer

If men where not masculine then we wouldn't be here talking about it because our ancestors would of died off a 1000 years ago and the human spices would be extinct

msc545 · Answer

Men do not need to take advice from a woman on how to be better men

genericname85 · Answer

naw, cause then we'd live in a world where nobody would make the hard decisions and take the difficult actions.

TonyMetal___86 · Answer

The masculine and feminine traits complete each other... Men are men and women are women!

RHK36 · Answer

Society is already getting worse as men are becoming more feminine. So I'd wager no.

OtterMan68 · Answer

No. It's good most men are masculine and most women are feminine. A unisex world would be boring and not as productive

c4rtm4nroolz · Answer

If ALL men were that way, possibly not. Pretty sure the world would become an even greater shit show than it already is.

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