We have seen that masculinity and femininity are drawn from the two fundamental forces in the universe, the forces of repulsion and attraction. These forces are not all that comprise what we call male and female, but they are the quintessential ingredient. The inherent relationship between these two forces is such that attraction will operate on repulsion to pull it towards itself, or in human terms, attraction tries to ensnare while repulsion tries to escape. On the political scale the preponderance of one or the another of these two forces will tend towards two different extremes; the masculine towards complete freedom, the feminine towards a complete totalitarian society. We can understand then why Aristotle wrote; “women do not conspire against tyrants; and they are of course friendly to tyrannies .. since under them they have a good time,” because the essential characteristic of oppressive government is feminine unity, which involves a “centralization of power.”

There can be no such thing as a pure male tyranny then, since maleness, or repulsion, does not associate at all, either as oppressor or the oppressed, but since no man or woman is completely male or female, it can not be said that all women are tyrants and all men want only freedom. But if you will observe, male tyrants, even highly praised ones like Julius Caesar and Napoleon, have been noted for their feminine characteristics - for being “in touch with their feminine sides.” Conversely, women with a strong desire for freedom have been known for their masculinity. Now a single individual acting as a tyrant can still retain a good measure of masculinity because it is a single person, a more feminine state would be a “tyranny of the majority” due to the collectivist nature of women; which of the two tyrannies is worst we may appraise by Lord Acton’s words; “It is bad to be oppressed by a minority, but it is worse to be oppressed by a majority — from the absolute will of an entire people there is no appeal, no redemption, no refuge but treason.”