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perhaps even self-hatred behind the violence -- ??
Once the few/patriarchy establishes status thru power over others, then it will be both males and females who will be drawn to the powerful in self-protection.
And, I think the idea that we have to "define" masculinity in a rigid way, in itself, suggests that males have to be united in some uniform display of behavior. Nature is diverse -- there are probably many ways to be masculine, but patriarchy has been controlling and defining masculinity as aggressive, exploitive -- especially of females.
The idea that males are naturally violent I think is probably wrong because nature isn't suicidal and violence -- whether against nature, natural resources, animal-life -- will bring suicide to humanity as we can see right now from overpopulation, pollution and Global Warming.
Women are patriarchy's primary enemies -- exploitation, violence, intimidation, oppression the tools of control. Patriarchal leaders feared nature, especially in the new world -- almost everything in nature has been attacked -- exploited, ripped down, destroyed.
What I mainly see behind patriarchy and conquest -- basically, the desire by the few to dominate others -- is fear.
I've always looked at violence as a problem with self-esteem . . . .
"The loveless crave power because they lack both love and self -- "
Betty Friedan
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