I’ve noticed through my interactions on the forum that there are many misconceptions about masculinity, femininity, and polarity in general. And I notice that it backfires on a lot of the guys on here. So, I’m going to share an insight to help clear some things up. The insight is that the feminine and masculine always go together. They are two sides to one coin and they always occur together in all living and non-living systems. So, to engage in systems thinking, we are wise to recognize the interplay between the masculine and feminine. All systems, including the system that is the human personality, have the masculine and feminine. And the masculine and feminine are always joined. And because of this, we can’t repress one side without diminishing the strength and efficacy of the other. So it’s counter-intuitive, but a man who wants to get more in touch with his masculinity will not be able to do so if he’s in resistance to his feminine side. And this is because all masculine qualities have many feminine components. Here’s an example… Let’s say that a man wants to develop his leadership skills and personal sovereignty. Overall, if we paint with broad strokes, these qualities of leadership and personal sovereignty are masculine principled qualities. But the thing to realize about personal sovereignty is that it requires us to be deeply in touch with our emotions to know what we want and don’t want, what we like and don’t like, and what we stand for and what we don’t stand for.  So, it is literally impossible to be in your own personal sovereignty AND be out of touch with your own emotions. Your emotions are the root of your sovereignty. And emotions are, in broad strokes, a feminine principled domain. So, in this instance and many others, connection to the feminine is a prerequisite for getting in touch with certain elements of the masculine. And without developing a healthy relationship to the feminine, certain aspects of the masculine simply won’t be able to be expressed. The feminine is the soil that masculinity grows from and vice versa. So, the feminine and the masculine always go together. And you can’t exalt one while resisting the other.