In our HeroStories male definition is oppositional: built against voided & conquered Others. And the first & foremost voided Other is woman.
Saying to himself, "At least I am not that, I am not a woman."
In our HeroStories violence is a form of expression where male definition of self is justified and made to feel alive in the drama of violence.
Making war for the tale to be told is the mechanism/promise by which the male hopes to jump the gap from mortal to immortal in the transtime meaning attached to his life in the HeroStory.
The social pact within our HeroStories has been assurance of survival in exchange for the primary clans’ continued dominance and right to takings.
He who grabs first and continuously is rewarded with glory.
The HeroStory, now endlessly cloned by The Sell, no longer provides sustainable meaning. Protection is no longer a good enough exchange for living in the shadow of the OverLord/bully masters’ pumped up, threatening chaos.