In past decades, women have frequently been encouraged to behave more like men: to grab and wield power, to rule. The suggestion is that we can take power and sanitize it with our gender, make it softer and more gentle, somehow less patriarchal. Though this instinct toward balance is problematic, I understand why it makes sense—our innate Divine Masculinity deserves its space. But the more urgent need is the reverse. We need men to embrace their Divine Feminine, to reconnect to compassion and care, to yield, and to move from the traits of toxic masculinity to a version that’s balanced. Doing
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