This may also be why a lot of New Age people have weird relations with gender, that is, the dualistic feminine-masculine view of everything in the world whilst, at the same time, not breaking out of preconceived ideas of it.
"No, I'm not a traditionalist, I'm just tapping into my inner sacred feminine/masculine."
"I'm not violent, it's just my archetypal masculine energy."
"Everyone has a masculine and feminine side, but, for some reason, I only value masculinity in men and femininity in women, which, curiously, happen to be the same they've been taught to us by our society."
Everything is coded for the same biases. They may break the standard aesthetic representations (like using patterns, florals and other visuals typically associated with New Age) but not the underlying behaviour.
(note that this is not a generalization, i mean, only applies when it fits, i guess)
This may also be why a lot of New Age people have weird relations with gender, that is, the dualistic feminine-masculine view of everything in the world whilst, at the same time, not breaking out of preconceived ideas of it.
"No, I'm not a traditionalist, I'm just tapping into my inner sacred feminine/masculine."
"I'm not violent, it's just my archetypal masculine energy."
"Everyone has a masculine and feminine side, but, for some reason, I only value masculinity in men and femininity in women, which, curiously, happen to be the same they've been taught to us by our society."
Everything is coded for the same biases. They may break the standard aesthetic representations (like using patterns, florals and other visuals typically associated with New Age) but not the underlying behaviour.
(note that this is not a generalization, i mean, only applies when it fits, i guess)