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Men's Mysteries - 5 / 11 / 2002
Trickster
Horned One
Father
Greybeard
expendable
amygdala
     - primary aggression center
    larger in males
testosterone [up to 20 times as much as females]
    multiple sex partners
    competion
limited amounts of progesterone & estrogen
male stress response
    fight or flight
blood flows to brainstem when at rest
    - reptilian brain / the limbic system
mobile
defined by the tension of functioning between life & death
    hunting
        death-dealing
        cooperative
        into the unknown
        spatial oriented
            dead reckoning
external focus
males take longer on average to process feelings
males produce less serotonin
    - pacifies & calms
linear / thrust
focused
non-verbal communication
most males don't hold power
from: Knights Without Armor
arena heroic
[hyper]
feminized
[hypo]
authentic
[integrated]
  old male transitional male ancient/new male
physical hard
dominating
tough
soldier
killer
coercive
controlling
lord and master
destructive
soft
submissive
gentle
pacifist
gather
pliant
controlled
consort
immobile
flexible
capable
strong
warrior
hunter
firm
vigilant
husband/partner
generative
emotional closed
numb
codependent
demanding
aggressive
cynical
sex partner
defensive
repressed bastard
unprotected
flooded
dependent
smothering
passive
naive
pleaser
wounded
contained
nice guy
receptive
feeling
interdependent
nuturing
assertive
fresh/humorous
lover
deep feeling
wild/playful
fierce
mental compartmentalized
penetrating
analytical
splitting
linear
hierarchy
exploitive
rules & laws
doctor
merged
diffused
synthetic
joining
circular
anarchy
conservative
procedures
magical thinker
eclectic
insightful
discriminating
holds paradox
holonomic
community
resourceful
personal ethics
healer
spiritual patriarchal
absolute
uninitiated
immobile
single self
divided
dogma
exclusive
priest
matriarchal
dualistic
seeker
in flight
selfless
disassociated
belief
inclusive
guru
polytheistic
paradoxical
initiated
grounded
braided self
embodied
direct experience
selective
mentor/elder
© 1991 by Aaron R. Kipnis, Ph.D.
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