Eric,<\/p>\n
I\u0432\u0402\u2122ve deeply enjoyed reading the book of blue posts and found your take on the male\/female psyche<\/strong><\/a> split to be perfectly articulated within the context and spot on. Men are desperate to integrate the male and female sides of their personalities, and the tension this creates both in a man\u0432\u0402\u2122s feelings about himself (mostly shame) and the projection of this shame onto his female partners and the world is the source of much of the violence we witness on a daily basis. Women have benefited from increasing opportunities to integrate, leaving a power differential between men and women that makes it difficult to cultivate relationships based on mutual respect, integrity and honesty.<\/p>\n From a relationship perspective, women experience this as \u0432\u0402\u045aIf you don\u0432\u0402\u2122t do what I want, I\u0432\u0402\u2122m going to fuck someone else behind your back.\u0432\u0402\u045c While I have no problem with anyone fucking anyone else (even within a committed relationship as long as both agree and are honest and respectful), its the deception and hostility imparted in the act (as an attempt to even the power imbalance and dissipate the pain tension created by shame) that degrades both men and women and keeps everyone from being whole. Women experience emotional rejection by men as standard operating procedure in relationships, but as you highlight, this is really the rejection of the inner feminine projected externally. The more he dislikes himself, the more hostile this rejection is likely to be.<\/p>\n I appreciate your continued exploration of these deep issues and willingness to frankly share your personal experiences. I don\u0432\u0402\u2122t know what the immediate solutions are, but I do feel awareness is evolving, and you are actively contributing to that evolution. Your commitment has not gone unrecognized.<\/p>\n Cathy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Eric, I\u0432\u0402\u2122ve deeply enjoyed reading the book of blue posts and found your take on the male\/female psyche split to be perfectly articulated within the context and spot on. Men are desperate to integrate the male and female sides of their personalities, and the tension this creates both in a man\u0432\u0402\u2122s feelings about himself (mostly … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16475"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16475\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}