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Boy, this is interesting ...seriously. I'm not getting what I was looking for but nonetheless, enjoying the conversation. I find it VERY hard to agree that the world is [currently] at war with femininity as Julia Serano purportedly believes. I would say quite the opposite! I think everyone hates masculinity at the moment. Evil corporations run by greedy chauvinistic pigs kicking women off the ladder. Out of control males who rape women are commonplace. Dead beat dads by the droves who leave the women they impregnated to raise their children alone and without support. And lazy males who never grow up and become productive members of society. All the while, women are stepping up to the plate and filling in where males have gone AWAL. That's what I see. I know there are many men who are nothing like this the ones I've described but no one is holding them up as examples of ideal masculinity. No one is saying, "men are especially good at ____ and that's why we should value masculinity.

The thought that male and female roles and gender traits that have previously been "owned" by one or the other gender are on the switch as society changes is a new paradigm to me and I'm taking it all in. Perhaps my gender identity issues are just a product of the unsettled dust as this takes place. I like the idea that we are all equal except for the minor anatomical differences. You have a womb and ovaries, I have a penis and testicles but aside from that we are the same. You are a driven goal setter, I am content to follow, you like blue I like pink, you like your hair short, I like mine long and we BOTH like pastels and fashion ...BIG DEAL! ...Wouldn't that be a nice world to live in?