The Gift of Maleness Part 2
In part 2, Jed Diamond discusses the 3 S’s.
Part 2: Safety, Sustenance, and Sex
My new book, My Distant Dad: Healing the Family Father Wound, came out in September 2018, but you can still read the first chapter for free here. I told my wife, Carlin, I thought this might be my last book since 15 books published since 1983 seemed like a good body of work. But I was surprised when she said, “I think you have at least one more book in you. You should write a book about the gift of maleness. Sharing information about men has been your life work and men and women are hungry to understand the essence of maleness.”
In an earlier article, I talked about the origin of maleness which goes back 1 billion years to the beginning of single-celled male beings in search of a mate. Here, I’d like to reflect on our evolutionary history to focus on reptiles who evolved 313 million years ago, according to Brian Swimme and Thomas Berry, in their book, The Universe Story. “The beings who created eggs were the first reptiles. They crowded out the amphibians to become the predominant terrestrial vertebrate.” Modern-day reptiles include crocodiles, snakes, lizards, turtles, and tortoises.
