What if men are, and women are made?
Can you be yourself? Do you need to find yourself? Do you search through niches that interest you and find your place that way? Isn’t it better to be honest and tell people you’re having a bad day if that’s what’s happening? Or should you put on a smile regardless? How can problems get solved if everyone is busy telling everyone else that everything’s alright.
To what degree are we blank slates?
You’ve heard that men are made and women just are, but the opposite is also true. Men are; they embody values and principles which can eventually lead to conflicts that escalate into wars. If what you are is sufficiently bad, you die for it. Men need to be willing to die for something or risk dying for stupid and impulsive reasons. They need to also discover these reasons either through the violence of physical conflict or the violence of debate. For every Ayn Rand, there are many Nietzches, Christs, and Darwins.
Women have little to gain by being insistent on being right. Many women adopt the worldviews of their partner. On the margin, it’s men who are expected to die for principles. So it’s women who are made, not men
Women believe bad people just need to be educated. Men believe bad men need to be locked up. In this way, the masculine and patriarchal is against knowledge while the feminine seeks knowledge. It’s why Mars is the god of war and Athena, the goddess of wisdom.
Infohazards are everywhere. If you tell someone you’re having a bad day and they don’t help you, is it a sign that they aren’t really your friend?