Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Almanac inquiry - Men are afraid of being chickens and women are afraid of being sheep. What does this mean?

Men are afraid of being chickens and women are afraid of being sheep. What does this mean?

Men are afraid of being chickens, because chickens belong to a weak group among animals and are relatively weak; On the other hand, chicken symbolizes what people call phoenix, which mostly represents women. If a man has such feminine qualities and lacks masculinity, it is a very shameful thing.

Women are afraid of sheep because they are homophonic with yang, which represents male characteristics. If women are full of masculinity, they will definitely lose their feminine beauty. In the ancient people's idea, a woman should be gentle and sincere in order to be loved, otherwise she would be rejected. In that age when men were superior to women, women naturally didn't want such a result, so women were afraid of being sheep.