The Male as Representational

Woman is endowed with an integrity, a coherence, a splendid harmony of body, heart, mind and soul. By contrast, the man is fragmented, defective, and dissonant. But this is okay because their roles are distinct. The woman is made to be only herself: she is creation at its perfection. Our Lady Mary, at the age of 14, was already the high point of creation. It would never get any better than that. A young woman who has been cherished already at the age of 14 has such a radiance and integrity. Her beauty and wholeness are intact and complete...and she does not stand for another. By contrast, the man always represents another. Christ represents the Father; priest, bishop and pope represent Christ and the Father; every father stands for Our Father; the cop, soldier, fireman, judge and mayor all represnt something bigger than themselves. The woman is meant to be herself in her integrity and beauty; the man is called to stand for something beyond himself. That is why men love uniforms: they represnt a higher cause. That is why little boys are fascinated with toy soldiers, star wars, and imaginary play in general. It is true that little girls love princesses; but they somehow intuit that the princess figure expresses their actually selves. For boys, on the other hand, fantasy play brings them into another realm, a distinct world, far removed from their own. This is because they are destinted to represent Another, who is far greater then themselves. Therefore, male dysfunction, inferiority and defectiveness all contribute to their mission as they highlight that the man is himself merely a pointer towards another. And so, by this logic, humility, awareness of one's own imperfection, is the primordial masculine virtue.