Funny how we're supposed to ignore genitals, despite that being the cause of centuries of oppression, but saying "I don't see skin color" is ignorant.

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[–]leculdesac 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I would argue that biological males have a much greater tendency toward violent sexual behavior, grounded in biology and then conditioned over time. It's as inherent to males as is the tendency toward creating and navigating social hierarchies is among all humans. So yes, I think there are some "masculine" traits.

Not so sure about females other than biological drives toward caregiving infants, when you lactate when you see a baby--that sort of thing. But I think some caregiving can be learned and when males caregive for infants they actually develop some of these capacities, like recognizing their baby by their smell.

[–]MarkTwainiac 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I agree that males across the board have a much greater tendency towards violence, including sexual violence towards women and children, that is grounded in biology and is then conditioned over time by culture and social hierarchies.

But I'm not sure that these would be characterized as "masculine" traits even by those who embrace genderist ideologies. Some/many codes of "masculinity" teach that males are supposed to be chivalrous protectors of women and children, and to be providers and carers of children and women and respecters of the elderly. Not to be violent abusers, exploiters, menacers of them.

About the female caregiving drives, I agree with that too. Basically. However, I don't think it's true to suggest that women commonly lactate when we see a baby. If that happened, there'd be a whole lot of useless lactating going on, LOL.

What does happen is that women who've recently given birth and are breastfeeding often will respond to hearing their babies cry by having an immediate physiological response to produce more milk in the moment - along with an urge to go to the baby and breastfeed. And long after mothers have stopped breastfeeding and their own children have grown well past the breastfeeding stage, many women will remain incredibly and uncannily sensitive to the sound of an infant's - any infant's - wail, often resulting in twinges or funny feelings in the nipples.

Also, humans are capable of experiencing several emotions and physical sensations at the same time. So a mother who instinctively responds to her newborn's cries by being automatically spurred to go immediately to the baby to try to provide comfort, and by naturally having certain physiological reactions conducive to lactation and breastfeeding, still can be thinking "oh hell no, please fucking die" when she hears her beloved baby cry... And many mothers have a strong desire to throw their babies out the effing window even as they are breastfeeding, rocking and otherwise tending to them.