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I wanted to clarify I didn’t mean that all behavior that’s not stereotypical is not healthy…it seems as though that’s what I’ve implied. Given some behavior my instinctual opinion is that aberrant behavior whose origin can’t be traced to a clear or at least somewhat rational cognitive process in general is not healthy. Medusa, you used your husband as an example. However, all the things you mentioned seem perfectly acceptable to me even as a man, even while I might not behave the same way as your husband. I think it’s quite logical to want to explore and share your feelings.
I’d like to point out that I also gave a clear answer as to what I believed to be unhealthy behavior for both genders with respect to the stuffed animals and I think it applies to a many other things as well, i.e. something is probably not healthy if it negatively impacts your life. Other than that I made a general statement about the difference in women and men regarding the issue. I certainly didn’t intend it to have anything to do with stereotypes, but you’ll have to admit that it’s hard to talk about this and not bring up in some way stereotypes.
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