Male and female stereotypes are typically limiting and often destructive. But male and female differences play a significant role in sexual attraction and passion. So in advocating equality between the sexes and promoting wholeness rather than rigidly defined role behavior, are we trying to eliminate the very thing that draws us toward the opposite sex?
The answer may lie in archetypes. Archetypes are more basic and primal than stereotypes. Male and female archetypes reflect a yin and yang in male/female relationships but acknowledge the feminine and masculine in each of us. Archetypes are ancient prototypes that are imbedded in our consiousness and are very influential in how we experience ourselves as males or females.
When people fall in love, they are deeply in touch with their maleness or femaleness. The electric sexual connection contains a strong element of male/female current that is based on difference. That's a difference to celebrate rather than eliminate.
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