Does the Masculine-Feminine Frame Work? - Jayson Gaddis - 551
The Jayson Gaddis Podcast
Jayson Gaddis
4.7 • 999 Ratings
🗓️ 30 December 2025
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
Jayson examines why the masculine feminine framework often creates more problems than it solves. How can this framing be harmful for men? Why does trying to change your partner keep people stuck? What role does attachment play in relationship dynamics, and what is a better way to understand gender issues altogether? Jayson also reflects on his own experience with this framework and offers a more grounded perspective.
Timestamps:
- 2:12 - How the masculine-feminine frame can be bad for men
- 3:57 - The trap of trying to change your partner
- 6:09 - The importance of understanding attachment
- 8:53 - A better framing
- 11:11 - Social determinants of gender issues
- 12:19 - Jayson’s experience with the masculine-feminine frame
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, greetings, folks. Welcome back to another episode of the Relationship Coaching School |
| 0:07.6 | podcast. I'm your host, Jason, and I'm stoked to dive in to this subject today, |
| 0:15.3 | which is the masculine, feminine thing that a lot of coaches, sexuality, tantra, polarity coaches out there promote. |
| 0:26.2 | And if you are a coach or a therapist, I just want you to hear my two cents. |
| 0:31.0 | You can have yours, of course. |
| 0:33.1 | My wife and I recently released an episode on our podcast called The Couples Podcast, |
| 0:39.5 | formerly integrated. Go check that out if you want a really good podcast for couples. |
| 0:47.3 | And the episode was called The Masculine Feminine Myth. And it's important you hear my wife and I break this down. I was a little harsh |
| 0:57.6 | in that episode, calling it kind of bullshit, and I think it's a little strong, but it's just a |
| 1:04.4 | frame, okay? Masculine, feminine polarity work is popular in some circles. |
| 1:14.9 | I think most popular in New Age Burning Man, places like Austin and Boulder, that are progressive |
| 1:26.9 | people in the dating scene, |
| 1:32.1 | people in their single, people that are, |
| 1:35.0 | like to play with sexual energy. |
| 1:42.2 | Yeah. |
| 1:43.6 | And it might have a place for you but i wanted to just highlight some of the problems with it |
| 1:53.1 | if you have been coached like this that you need to be more masculine or more feminine because i |
| 2:00.0 | think for men especially, it's a very slippery |
| 2:05.6 | slope into you need to be different and you need to perform as a man. And that is very problematic |
| 2:15.1 | for guys. |
| 2:19.5 | Years ago, I worked with a guy, we'll call him Steve. |
| 2:23.8 | And Steve's wife was really angry with him that he wasn't masculine enough. |
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