[2] "the very dichotomy man/woman as an opposition between two rival entities may be understood as belonging to metaphysics"Metaphorical symbolism of sexual polarity is deeply intertwined in cultural understandings of nature.
[3][4] Historical blurring of boundaries between male and female poles has necessitated debates regarding maintenance of social order, particularly during periods of rapid change.
[1] Shulamith Firestone's The Dialectic of Sex presents a vision of radical feminism calling for division of culture into two modes, Technological and Aesthetic, married by a 'union of opposites'.
Chris Middleton argues that this dual organization is intended to reflect and replace the existing sexual polarity of culture.
In The Way of the Superior Man, David Deida discusses challenges related to the ethical expression of masculine polarity.