09-03-2014, 03:32 AM
Kari,
When I first read your OP, I got the feeling I would be like some sort of public defender lawyer for the case for masculinity.
Some of my personal preferences and such fall more in the spectrum of masculinity, thereby masculinity has some benefit to me.
One positive is being taller when you need to get stuff from a high shelf. It's an inconvenience I think to always have to use a stepping stool or ask a taller person (like me) for assistance.
A second advantage is I get little to no criticism for not wanting to start a family or having zero interest in other people's babies. Nobody bats an eye when I would rather continue working than take a break from my job and coo at a co-worker's baby.
Third, I think my political and religious beliefs (libertarianism and atheism) are more common among men. I think the same goes for my Myers-Briggs type: ISTJ.
When I first read your OP, I got the feeling I would be like some sort of public defender lawyer for the case for masculinity.
Some of my personal preferences and such fall more in the spectrum of masculinity, thereby masculinity has some benefit to me. One positive is being taller when you need to get stuff from a high shelf. It's an inconvenience I think to always have to use a stepping stool or ask a taller person (like me) for assistance.
A second advantage is I get little to no criticism for not wanting to start a family or having zero interest in other people's babies. Nobody bats an eye when I would rather continue working than take a break from my job and coo at a co-worker's baby.
Third, I think my political and religious beliefs (libertarianism and atheism) are more common among men. I think the same goes for my Myers-Briggs type: ISTJ.