Why am I not able to get in touch with my male side, but my husband can get in touch with his female side?

Question

So why do I always hear about men getting in touch with their feminine side but never about women getting in touch with their masculine side?

Sorry if I asked badly, English is my second language.

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Answer 1

Gnostic, In spite of the many things that folks have identified as being male traits (burping, farting, dominating, controlling, agression, etc) these are the Negative traits. Do you realy want to get in touch with those things? On the other hand, the Positive traits (providing, protecting, building, reinforcing, etc.) seem to be ingnored. Many women, however seem to be able to step right into those roles VERY easily. I think Women are MORE in touch with their Male sides than they are able to admit or recognize, simply because the POSITIVE male traits are also postive Female traits as well. Does this make sense to you?

BB,
Raji the Green Witch

Answer 2

Why do you not hear about it, I cannot answer. But as to why you don't feel you are doing it, that may be because you do not recognize it as masculine. Much of what the feminist movement has preached is in fact getting in touch with a better balance between what is traditionally masculine and what is traditionally feminine. When you use your rational mind, your intellect, when you take a can-do attitude, take a leadership position, pick up a tool to fix something, solve a mathematical equation, etc., you are getting in touch with what has been traditionally masculine.

We talk about men getting in touch with their feminine side, but what we really mean is their nurturing, gentle, generous, emotionally rich side. This has traditionally been the feminine, just as cooking, cleaning, caring for babies, etc., has been traditionally feminine. Men can do all these things, and women can do all those things, too; they are not to be disparaged just because they are traditionally feminine.

The point is we all need to work on being the best of which we are capable, and forget what tradition says. What do YOU say?

Answer 3

For the same reason that a woman wearing pants is normal, but a guy in a dress is considered odd. Women have always been strong and capable of doing things that in the past were thought to only be appropriate for men to do. It's nothing new, just more accepted today. Men however still have a certain image to live up to that may not be as flexible as women. This doesn't go to say that men can't be good at and enjoy things that may not be considered "masculine". It's all just about not limiting yourself based on what your gender is, and to be comfortable exploring different things.

Answer 4

Most likely both you and your husband were created as female souls. Even though each soul has a specific gender when created, it does not mean that from time to time, we do not choose to incarnate as the opposite sex. Even if your husband is a male soul, he may have chosen many lifetimes as a female and therefore can better get in touch with his feminine side. You, on the other hand, may have never been a man or very seldom been such.

Answer 5

Feminism is thoroughly masculinised already. When women reject the concept of a man opening a door for them, or when they decide that having children is not for them, and career is more important than creating a home, or maintaining relationships, then they are embracing their "masculine side."

Empowerment and respect... That is what women's activists sought for ... the masculine side which they had previously been denied. Many "Western" women already have abundant access to empowerment and respect.

Perhaps you can't get in touch with your masculine side because it is already thoroughly integrated into your psyche.

On the other hand, what does it mean for your husband to
"get in touch with his feminine side"? Does it mean that he is loving, listens carefully, and does housework (like you do)?

I think it is really a matter of men and women finding balance and learning from each other, to become more complete individuals.

Answer 6

You asked perfectly. Nothing wrong with your english.

I think you can be a strong woman without being "masculine." And you can be a sensitive man without being "feminine." I think the whole thing about men getting in touch with their feminine side was really an over-expression about a general societal need to lighten up and act less like cave men. We're not living in a neanderthal hunter-gatherer world anymore, but that hunt-kill-defend-the-tribe gene has not receded.

Answer 7

part of your expression is identified with the masculine.

you cannot seem to get in touch with it because you cannot see it.

you may be living through it in a way that is so unquestioned by awareness that it is not objectively apparant.

many women at this time are sexually identified with the masculine pole.
it is however not your true manifest nature, and the true feminine can be awkward to recognise from this position.

notice how the masculine, the yang, the active, in your experience is expressed.
I think you are clear enough to do this!

Answer 8

MAybe you are the first person to word it in this way. Great ideas get started by one person thinking aobut it. I think that once you examine this concept, you will discover that you are already fulfilling that desire in your own life. The fact that you have given it a label enables you to discuss it freely with other individuals I suppose.

I have to admit that my first thought was kind of superficial when I read this. As a male, when I want to get in touch with my feminine side I talk to my wife. As a female, when she wants to get in touch with her masculine side, she talks to me. I know that is not what you meant, but as corny as it was, for some reason I decided to share it with you anyway.

Answer 9

Well, some will say that there are certain feminists that do exactly that, except they say "They're trying to act like a man". I think women are more in tune with that sort of thing anyway, whereas, in most societies, men are taught not to stay connected to their emotions that way. They make a bigger deal out of men getting in touch with their feminine side than they do about women getting "in touch"... we're already "in touch". ^_^

Answer 10

there are few reasons for this:
women are creators in this world. A mother has a very strong impact compared to father on any child irrespective of child being male or female, which carries forward for the lifetime.
so its easier for men to get in touch with their feminine side due to that impact.
another reason is that males are stronger physically compared to females, so its easier for them to adapt to the feminine side, however this is actually superficial, females are emotionally stronger than males, which a male can never adapt..