Mr. Snyder,

Your references to emotional men are very helpful and important to the discussion. All I've been trying to say is that both genders should have both qualities; there's no biblical reason to see it otherwise, regardless of what we see in the society around us. If it's harder for men to have that heart, then we need to work on that. If it's harder for women to be interested in serious study for the gleaning of knowledge and wisdom, then they should work on that and we should do our best to help them. The answer is not to shy away from something difficult, counter-culture, or whatever by assigning one trait to each gender and saying that this is just how it is. I, too, err on the side of cold intellectualism. Perhaps my fiance can learn something about the pursuit of knowledge from me and I can learn something about the importance of a warm, "soft" heart from her.

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DAVIDIVS DOCTVS VTRIVSQVE LINGVAE
Husband of Emilia
Member: First Reformed Presbyterian Church of Durham (RPCNA) - Durham, NC
Currently in the process of transferring membership to an as-yet-undecided church in Chapel Hill
Student: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, German Literature and Classics