Reconnect To The Masculine Or Feminine Within You – The Law Of Gender Rigidity (Laws of Human Nature by Robert Greene)

There are masculine and feminine qualities to all of us, but we tend to repress them. The price we pay for this is losing an integral part of our character. This affects our thinking, as well as our relationships. We must reconnect with the masculine and feminine traits we’ve lost. These people attract people because you’ll be more authentic and you’ll be more creative than ever.

We think that love makes us irrational, but what if this is our true self? Jung said that people in love are possessed. He referred to the entity that takes over as anima for the male and animus for the female. The person we’re attracted to often resembles our mother or father. Observe your anima or animus, become aware of your projection system to see people as they are, and finally, look at your repressed feminine or masculine traits.

There are six types of projections:

The Devilish Romantic: In this scenario, a woman falls in love but the relationship doesn’t last long. This is because the woman in question always wanted to capture the attention of her father.
The Elusive Woman of Perfection: This is when men think they found an ideal woman. Since the perfect woman doesn’t exist, they go from relationship to relationship. Instead of pursuing a vague figure, they must get to know someone, accept their flaws, and work on that relationship.
The Loveable Rebel: These men hate authority. Underneath their unconventional exterior, they’re traditional and controlling. Women attracted to them had a strong father figure they wanted to rebel against. Instead of chasing rebels, these women should become more independent.
The Fallen Woman: This type of woman seems different and needs something (education, protection, or money). Men attracted to them want something dangerous and indecent. These men should get satisfaction from another type of woman.
The Superior Man: They appear brilliant, skilled, strong, stable, confident, and powerful. When who want them are looking for strength and superiority. These women feel inferior and never develop strength or confidence. To get over the superior man, women need self-confidence.
The Woman to Worship Him: She adores him, completes him, and comforts him at first. These feelings soon vanish and the man feels betrayed. To get over the situation, the man needs to take care of himself.
The midlife crisis is an experience that takes place when we’re about to turn forty. We need a new career, relationship, or experience. This is a crisis of identity. Our identity is so rigid by this point that we need a change. We must release the repressed energy within us and we can achieve this by getting in touch with our feminine or masculine parts.

Masculine thinking looks for contrasts and analyzes its part. Feminine thinking focuses on the complete thing and how they come into contact with one another. All people move toward one style or thinking more than the other. Your job is to create a balance. When it comes to taking action, the masculine style is to advance, explore, attack, and defeat. It’s all about confronting and taking risks. The feminine style, on the other hand, is to withdraw, contemplate, avoid conflict, and win without a fight.

If you’re too aggressive, step back and reflect before doing anything. If you’re too passive, get used to confrontation. Likewise, men blame others for their mistakes and feel responsible for their success. Women blame themselves for their mistakes. Men should look inward when it comes to mistakes and outward when it comes to success. Women need more self-confidence.

For leadership, men identify goals and achieve them. Results are paramount. Women focus on managing relationships within a group. For them, the process is as important as the results.