haha, thanks for that. I am wondering if some of my insecurity around definitively proclaiming thoughts around this topic is that since I'm not firmly planted in either camp myself (in terms of my standing atop a rock and confidently telling you all I AM such and such type and thus know what I'm talking about - I feel everything I say may be diminished since there's no external frame of reference for anyone to orient towards or 'believe' in?)
But maybe none of that is relevant since I can still talk about stereotypes I sense.
Ah, true, on a Cultural level what's lumped under sx- has been put under wraps for many many centuries, and though I'm not sure re it reading as 'masculine', I do agree it was and maybe until fairly recently has been more Acceptable for males. For women, it would be deemed 'improper' in most contexts. It's probably been lumped in more recent history into the more eccentric individuals, females who maybe had fits of 'hysterics' and were more volatile, males galavanting and having lots of conquests and swashbuckling , ha, or being hermit-like scientist sorts. /just thinking of characters in 18th/19th century novels here, heh. In greek/roman times, or other non western cultures maybe, sx- has been more incorporated in the culture maybe, but sx- is obviously very ... selfish and narrow in terms of it only 'benefiting' the one person and their selected friends or interests (like sp-), with perhaps the larger unintended benefit being a 'gift' to society when it came to inventions or art, etc. And culturally, so- 'benefiting' everyone, in theory. So culturally sx- it seems to me would only see the light of day in terms of being something enviable/glamorized if it's part of a culture that has the freedom and wealth (?)/opportunity for individuals with it to truly thrive. Kinda like our current culture I suppose; in 'theory' it's a make-it-big-if-you-have-the-panache-and-intensity-to-pursue, with nothing else of concern...we're still in a 'follow your passions!!!!' phase...which is closest to sx imo.