Episode 77: Gender Fluidity or Complementarity? (Part Three)

Being Human

Welcome to Episode 77 of the Being Human Podcast: Gender Fluidity or Complementarity? (Part Three)

This week, Dr. Greg begins to wrap up his series on gender and the complementarity of men and women. In this episode, he proposes a definition of “genius” (of a masculine or feminine type) and then breaks open the specific brain differences between men and women that lay a foundation for the particular genius of each.

Discussed in this episode:

• Defining what is meant by the feminine or masculine “genius”;
• How the differences in our brains as male and female give us a natural affinity towards certain skill sets;
• The unique ways men and women’s bodies and brains order each towards the creation and protection of new life;
• How the particular gifts of each sex can also lead to particular weaknesses in each, and the specific qualities that men and women need to learn from each other;
• Ways our complementarity as men and women can lead us to become better versions of ourselves;
• How masculine and feminine “genius” qualities are above all human qualities meant to be integrated into our personhood;

Resources mentioned or relevant:

• Listen to the first two episodes in this series: Episode #75 (Part One) and Episode #76 (Part Two);
• The Female Brain and The Male Brain by Louann Brizendine;
• Letter to the Bishops of the Catholic Church On the Collaboration of Men and Women in the Church and in the World, by Cardinal Ratzinger;
• On the Masculine Genius, an article by Dr. Greg published in Humanum Quarterly Review;
• Learn more about complementarity and the masculine and feminine genius in Dr. Greg’s relationships course: A Marriage Built to Last;
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