“The real thing that keeps men and women apart, is fear. Women blame men and men blame women, but the culprit is fear, women are afraid of one thing, men are afraid of a different thing; the fears of women have to do with losing while the fears of men have to do with not being good enough for something. One is loss, the other is insecurity. Men are innately more insecure than women and women are innately more needful of companionship than men. It's good for both men and women to be able to recognize and identify these fears not only within themselves, but within each other, and then men and women will see that they really do need to help each other. It's not a game, it's not a competition, the two sexes need one another.

Not really.
They just associate different things and tell themselves they're afraid of different things.


What happens when you aren't good enough for something/someone?
...You lose it.

All fears are about insecurity.


That's not really true.
Men and women both need groups and other people.
They just go about communicating their needs differently, they both understand the communication that their needs are being met differently.

Communication and understanding is different.
Not really the fears.


Everything has a bit of competition and cooperation as a part of it.
From a 3rd party perspective all relationships of any type "could" be considered a game.

Other than that, people need other people.
We're herd/group creatures.

But people live on the individual level.
And one individual doesn't necessarily "need" any particular other individual.

So saying "the two sexes need one another" isn't really saying much.
I can say plants need rain
But when I start looking at acid rain, saltwater rain, typhoon rain, a moment of rain in a 20 year drought, rain of frogs, virga rain then I should realize saying "plants need rain" is pointless unless I'm talking to 3rd graders.