firmly stand on your own intellectual feet. — stoicHoneyBadger
Be undisturbed both by your own monkey-mind or external circumstances. — stoicHoneyBadger
Be able to make a leap of faith when needed, to step into the unknown, to reevaluate all your axioms. — stoicHoneyBadger
Sounds like a decent set of ideals to be a woman as well. — Philosophim
So a woman only needs to be a good housekeeper and breeder? — praxis
Sounds a bit insecure. — praxis
Teach them to be afraid to feel? — praxis
Why make a leap of faith if you're comfortable stepping into the unknown? — praxis
thinking about the best way to raise my son — stoicHoneyBadger
After reading Kipling's "if" and thinking about the best way to raise my son, I made a list of what traits one should have to be able to call himself a Man. What would you add to it? — stoicHoneyBadger
I will be charitable here and assume you didn’t just mean this as a guide for masculinity. I think your son needs to recognise these qualities in both genders, for starters. — Possibility
Be willing to increase awareness over ignorance, connection over isolation and collaboration over exclusion, at every opportunity. — Possibility
God (omnibenevolent, omniscient, and omnipotent) is a good role model for boys in my humble opinion. I suppose that's why Adam, along with Eve, got kicked out of the garden of Eden. Adam became a competitor. — Agent Smith
Am I saying your kid is to get the same love, respect, and pride from you regardless of whether they satisfy your competitve criteria? Yes, yes I am. — Hanover
religion for the weak — stoicHoneyBadger
So if it was a daughter you would raise her differently from your son? — Sir2u
fear of the dangerous, — Sir2u
daughters are breeders — Sir2u
Do you let your kid wear pink clothes if he wants to? — Sir2u
Teach any kid the basics and let them decide how to live without your expectations forcing them into unwanted paths. — Sir2u
Most idols tend to have attributes the idolizers lack. I suppose the complement each other - making up for each others' defects. An alloy is better than either of the metals that are so combined. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts (Holism). — Agent Smith
He may be a perfectly fine son, person, citizen, etc. and not manifest these traits.
Suppose he doesn't pan out the way you want him to? — Bitter Crank
Well, genders clearly have their differences, such as you wouldn't want to take your daughter to boxing and weightlifting. :) — stoicHoneyBadger
Be willing to increase awareness over ignorance, connection over isolation and collaboration over exclusion, at every opportunity.
— Possibility
I guess it is very situation dependent and probably should be goal orientated. i.e. you don't want to include random people just for the sake of it. — stoicHoneyBadger
‘Random’ implies ignorance and isolation. If you’re willing to increase awareness and connection, then there’d be no reason to exclude — Possibility
I don’t see why not, if she showed an interest. — Possibility
Not sure I get it. I mean the whole idea of a group is that there also in an out-group, so you can not include all and everyone. — stoicHoneyBadger
Broad shoulders and a broken nose would not look good on a girl. :D jk — stoicHoneyBadger
Where does it say there has to be definitive group? — Possibility
And plenty of girls have naturally broad shoulders - does this make them less of a girl? — Possibility
The merits of boxing have nothing to do with broken noses - it’s about the disciplined use of power: knowing when NOT to strike, when to block, etc. — Possibility
all human history. also it seems an inevitable trait of human psychology, for a large group to split into multiple sub-groups that compete against each other. — stoicHoneyBadger
And plenty of girls have naturally broad shoulders - does this make them less of a girl?
— Possibility
Yes. You wouldn't want o date a girl that looks like a dude. As weightlifting certainly gives you broader shoulders, be it your main goal or just a side effect. — stoicHoneyBadger
No, YOU wouldn’t. You don’t get to answer for all men. — Possibility
You need to wake up, mate - this is the 21st century, and that shit’s not gonna fly anymore. — Possibility
I am sure I can answer for most men. If you prefer dudes, or at least girls that look like dudes, well, that's up to you. — stoicHoneyBadger
I am sure I can answer for most men. If you prefer dudes, or at least girls that look like dudes, well, that's up to you. — stoicHoneyBadger
Like Possibility say, ya need to join the 21st century, if only for your children's sake. — praxis
The fact that you are so sure you do is just patriarchy at work. — Possibility
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