nurturant

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But psychological androgyny is a much wider concept referring to a person's ability to be at the same time aggressive and nurturant, sensitive and rigid, dominant and submissive, regardless of gender.

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  • But psychological androgyny is a much wider concept referring to a person's ability to be at the same time aggressive and nurturant, sensitive and rigid, dominant and submissive, regardless of gender. —  Everyday Goddess
  • We might grow cultivating the aggressive, competitive side of our nature, and disdain or repress the nurturant, cooperative side. —  Liz Strauss at Successful Blog
  • George Lakoff comes in and tells everyone that Democrats are nurturant parents and Republicans monsters. —  D-Day
  • Canon printer scanner unspeakable by a anginose cryometer is now the hinayana of ichthyosis for nurturant endgame, or to phasmida for a disjunct sterility. —  Rational Review
  • Paper version of an intriguing book on nurturing, "Taylor, a psychology professor at UCLA, makes the claim that 'we are fundamentally a nurturant species,' biologically programmed to —  DrWeb's Domain
 

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