Transforming Masculinities 1 Mascolo, M. F. (In press). The Science and Politics of Transforming Masculinities. Journal of Philosophy of Emotion (Author Meets Critics, Critiques of Tom Digby’s Love and War). The Science and Politics of Transforming Masculinities Michael F. Mascolo Merrimack College Abstract In his important book, Tom Digby argues that warrior societies breed warrior masculinities – conceptions of masculinity organized around the goals of protection, providing and procreation. Misogyny is built into warrior masculinities and functions to preserve a binary conception of gender. In this reply, I applaud Digby’s analysis of warrior identities and his call for the transformation of masculine identities in the service of reaching gender parity. I take issue with two polarizing claims -- namely that gender identities emerge through a process of “cultural programming”, and that misogyny is a central property of warrior masculinity. In place of these assertions, I offer a bio-cultural account of the development of gender identity. I argue that the goal of gender parity requires that we move beyond polarizing modes of adversarial discourse. In its place, we should seek social transformation through a dialectical approach that integrates the goals of power equalization and mutual understanding.