The Male Identity in a Feminized World

I have a question for the members of this forum. Since I am a feminist a male friend of mine asked me “what is the male identity in a feminized world?’ In other words, now that there is equality (ok, lets assume there is), what should be the role of men? He said that women are seen as caring and compassionate and males as violent and brute, now that that notion is changing, what should be the new male identity? I was having trouble answering him and I told him I would give him a more define answer later.
Isn’t a sense of insecurity for a male to now have identity crisis because women are getting their rightful place in this world. Why is he assuming being “feminized” is something bad? The best answer I was able to give him is that now males and females identity, being equal, is to fight together for social change. What do you guys think?

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