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#87: The Wonder of Boys with Dr. Michael Gurian

The Art of Manliness

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The Wonder of Boys

In your book The Wonder of Boys you describe a few components of male culture that are ubiquitous around the globe. Males tend to form cultures that use more aggression nurturance and aggression nurture is if someone falls down it's get up get up we need youYou're okay come on get up, because there's an aggression game being played. Self-esteem is not based as much in feeling immediate empathy and extending that empathy but self-esteem comes through this competitive game or something that involves aggression. Both males and females can wrestle both males and femalescan talk about their feelings so everyone is using both empathy and aggression nurturing.

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