judoinfo.com/pdf/hagakure.pdf
wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagakure
(please don't misunderstand me; I admire the samurai spirit of not fearing death, but I don't support their homicides and suicides.)
Regarding weak men (from page 15 of the pdf file):
In the practice of medicine, there is a differentiation of treatment according to the Yin and Yang of men and women. There is also a difference in pulse.
In the last fifty years, however, men’s pulse has become the same as women’s. Noticing this, in the treatment of eye disease I applied women’s treatment to men and found it suitable. When I observed the application of men’s treatment to men, there was no result. Thus I knew that men’s spirit had weakened and that they had become the same as women, and the end of the world had come. Since I witnessed this with certainty, I kept it a secret.
When looking at the men of today with this in mind, those who could be thought to have a woman’s pulse are many indeed, and those who seem like real men few. Because of this, if one were to make a little effort, he would be able to take the upper hand quite easily.
Regarding women (from page 142 of the pdf file):
A certain man said, “I know the shapes of Reason and of Woman.”
When asked about this, he replied, “Reason is four-cornered and will not move even in an extreme situation. Woman is round. One can say that she does not distinguish between good and evil or right and wrong and tumbles into any place at all.”
wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagakure
(please don't misunderstand me; I admire the samurai spirit of not fearing death, but I don't support their homicides and suicides.)
Regarding weak men (from page 15 of the pdf file):
In the practice of medicine, there is a differentiation of treatment according to the Yin and Yang of men and women. There is also a difference in pulse.
In the last fifty years, however, men’s pulse has become the same as women’s. Noticing this, in the treatment of eye disease I applied women’s treatment to men and found it suitable. When I observed the application of men’s treatment to men, there was no result. Thus I knew that men’s spirit had weakened and that they had become the same as women, and the end of the world had come. Since I witnessed this with certainty, I kept it a secret.
When looking at the men of today with this in mind, those who could be thought to have a woman’s pulse are many indeed, and those who seem like real men few. Because of this, if one were to make a little effort, he would be able to take the upper hand quite easily.
Regarding women (from page 142 of the pdf file):
A certain man said, “I know the shapes of Reason and of Woman.”
When asked about this, he replied, “Reason is four-cornered and will not move even in an extreme situation. Woman is round. One can say that she does not distinguish between good and evil or right and wrong and tumbles into any place at all.”
