Yin and yang was never so much fun
When
you think about it, it's pretty funny that especially among the crowd
that currently denies that there are any important differences between
human sexes, the hippy-dippy idea that masculinity and femininity are
fundamental basic forces of the universe is so very popular. Mars and
Venus, Yin and Yang, ooga and booga, whatever have you. As far as I can
remember, I have always found this idea to be just silly. For starters,
pray tell, were these two the basic forces of universe billions of
years ago when no life of any kind had formed yet?
Sex differences in humans are undeniable objective facts, but it's a pretty long leap from that to announce that they were some kind of fundamental forces of the universe itself. For a crude analogy, consider the difference between gasoline and diesel fuel. This difference is an objective fact and it is very important if you happen to drive a car, but you still wouldn't say that "gasoline-ness" and "diesel-ness" are some kind of fundamental forces of universe that all other things and objects somehow express depending on what other properties those things have.
Evolution has forged and tinkered human males and females to be different in many important ways, and those differences are very real and clear to anybody who bothers to take even a cursory look. Even so, there is no universal essence of "masculinity" and "femininity" --- how could there be, since there isn't even a universal essence of a species in the fluid process of evolution? In a species that historically faced very different evolutionary pressures than humans (for example, consider ants or emperor penguins), sex differences also evolved very differently. So tell me, which species and its sex differences would best illustrate the fundamental energies of "masculinity" and "femininity" of the universe?
Sex differences in humans are undeniable objective facts, but it's a pretty long leap from that to announce that they were some kind of fundamental forces of the universe itself. For a crude analogy, consider the difference between gasoline and diesel fuel. This difference is an objective fact and it is very important if you happen to drive a car, but you still wouldn't say that "gasoline-ness" and "diesel-ness" are some kind of fundamental forces of universe that all other things and objects somehow express depending on what other properties those things have.
Evolution has forged and tinkered human males and females to be different in many important ways, and those differences are very real and clear to anybody who bothers to take even a cursory look. Even so, there is no universal essence of "masculinity" and "femininity" --- how could there be, since there isn't even a universal essence of a species in the fluid process of evolution? In a species that historically faced very different evolutionary pressures than humans (for example, consider ants or emperor penguins), sex differences also evolved very differently. So tell me, which species and its sex differences would best illustrate the fundamental energies of "masculinity" and "femininity" of the universe?
"Mars and Venus, Yin and Yang, ooga and booga, whatever have you."
Persistent hallucinations due to human grammar.
Posted by Anonymous | 11:42 AM
Yeah, it's funny that the "gender blender" community is one of the hugest supporters of feminine/masculine division of attributes. "Church needs its heretics."
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Posted by Anonymous | 5:54 PM