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And that's saying something!
First, Yes please, on the more Seahawks question...
Your Yin and Yang evaluation on our society is positively spot on in my book. The prevailing culture is out of balance. I've known this but have not thought of it in Yin and Yang terms. All men have some form of outward expression of their masculinity that brings happiness. Whether it's obsessing over preseason baseball or rock climbing it's all the same thing. For myself its hunting, shooting and off-road motorcycling. For all three of these aspects of my masculine expression there exist organized groups with full time payed positions that seek to regulate, limit, and whenever possible, outright ban these activities. I note from conversations with individuals from these groups that they all seem to be basically the same people and have had to conclude that it's not so much an assault on these activities in and of themselves as it is a hatred for masculinity, the Yang. I truly struggle to grasp the root motivation for feminizing our culture. Raising two teenage daughters I feel compelled to constantly talk to them about balance in life and that, yes the genders are different, but different isn't wrong.
Lastly, just for a debate exercise, what would you say to someone who took the position that girls compete with each other from the time they are toddlers. They jockey all through childhood in a social pecking order. So that there is nothing inherently less feminine about Serena Williams shooting an icy glare across the net or Sue Bird squaring her jaw and driving to the lane than there is in either of them spending an hour in front of a mirror?