become far more aware of a trans-gender application- where feminine males and masculine females (whether actually gay and lesbian or not) have been more accepted in society. However, it is true that traditional gender "values" exist and will not disappear: the male is the strength of the family, the provider, the solid foundation. The female is the mother and nurturer, the one to whom children turn in times of stress and anxiety. As more and more one-parent families exist, or women have children without the benefit of marriage, we also see stronger females- having to replace a male-dominated household with her own exterior as well as interior masculinity.
What seems to be an important step in defining both masculinity and femininity in different ways is the myth of Parsifal, the innocent youth, searching for the Holy Grail, Finding it, he is unable to ask the simple question he was supposed to ask, and thereby loses his opportunity to become the true knight, and defender of that Grail. Instead, he now reverts to th
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