Re-Shadow

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Hi there,

Is it possibile that as fa says that 'Most' women

see the shadow as the negative Animus?

Perhaps, there lies the problem of our Gender wars,

If Most men see the shadow as the negative Anima.

Or is this just putting the blame elsewhere.?

It does seem like there are two Negatives here.

Perhaps the Old Fool Jung had it all wrong, but he did say,

and I quote,------

" The masculinity of the woman ( animus ) and the femininity

( anima ) of the man are inferior, and it is regrettable that the

full value of their personalities should be contaminated by

something that is less valuable. On the other hand, the shadow

belongs to the wholeness of the personality; the strong man must

somewhere be weak, somewhere the clever man must be stupid,

otherwise he is too good to be true and falls back on pose & bluff.

Is it not an old truth that women love the weakness of the strong

man more than his strength, and the stupidity of the clever man

more than his cleverness? "

" Die Anima als Schicksalsproblem des Mannes " ( 1963 )

And he also wrote this, in respect to the differences in conditioning.

" It is a woman's outstanding characteristic that she will do anything

for the love of a man. But those women who can achieve something

important for the love of a 'thing' are most exceptional, because this

does not agree with their nature. Love for a thing is a man's perogative.

But since masculine & feminine elements are united in our nature,

a man can live in the feminine part of himself, and a woman can live in

her masculine part. None the less the feminine element in man is only

something in the background, as is the masculine element in woman.

If one lives out the opposite sex in onself, one is living in one's own

background, and one's real indivduality suffers. A man should live as

a man and a woman as a woman. "

( " woman in Europe 1927 )

But then he, Jung, was only a man. ha!

Regards

S.C.