@William,
William;69785 wrote:I realize there is no such thing. But in your mind you have set what best represents "masculinity" and that which represents "femininity".
I like the direction of this. Ideal people is good. If the ideal is a person it has more life. Just as the Greek gods are more lively than our usual abstractions for the emotions.
What about how these feminine and masculine ideals tie in with our ideals of intelligence, nobility, and decency?
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jgweed;69864 wrote:Perhaps a better question might be, what role model best represents the ideal of the human being?
Sometimes I think this is a root issue. I expect that it varies from person to person. Of course. But how? Is there a structure? And how does ideal connect to self-invention? Doesn't the ideal change in relation to the changing self?