Dr. Sara Gottfried
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So unless you rise to the occasion and you've got awareness about it, it can cause problems.
Mine's made up, and I wonder about regulation.
Like, are they regulated?
Because to me, ultimately, masculinity and its best expression is a man who's regulated.
Yeah.
Well, not necessarily control it, but work with it.
Surf their emotions.
Manage them.
Be able to talk about them.
Be able to calm themselves down without requiring things like alcohol or drugs to do it.
I think it's a mix.
I mean, I see a lot of women that are in their full feminine power, and that is totally hot.
Yeah.
Like, that's really what we want.
I mean, what we—
Listen, I've been at these institutions where there are a lot of women who are incredibly masculine and sometimes even have toxic masculinity.
And so it makes sense because women are fighting in a system where often men have power over them and it's the way that they've reacted.
But I don't think we want to match the behavior of power over and toxic masculinity.
Women need to like really reach into their biology and respond in that way.
Women are incredibly good at regulation.