Every human is born with curiosity and the desire to know more. As people grow up, people lose their childish enthusiasm and think they know everything as adults. Many adults lose that innocent curiosity because they are afraid that people will make fun of them for asking and not knowing. Children simply don't care that they don't know stuff. It excites them to learn new things. So, in order to "regain our full humanity," we must lose our self-consciousness and gain a child-like enthusiasm that will open our minds to enjoying life at a new perspective. Seeing life through a child's eyes allows humans to experience humanity with excitement to learn and do new things. Children enjoy life, while some adults see life as a burden, which holds them back from adding to life's history, art, culture, and other things that make people human. People who do not enjoy life, do not have the desire to live life to the ultimate.
A human who enjoys life and has a desire for knowledge makes history and makes creations that are life changing. The men that invented the airplane had a child-like enthusiasm because they were inspired by toys and ideas from their childhood. Of course, the invention of the airplane was life changing and the Orville brothers made history. One of the most famous men in all of history was Leonardo DaVinci, who I believe had child-like enthusiasm. He made numerous inventions, simply by observing the world around him and taking the time to experience life. Adults seem to always have something they have to do, running from one place to another, without ever stopping to look at the beauty of nature (or the ugliness). Stopping to look at a beautiful thing, may inspire someone to do great things. The painter Monet always painted something in nature that inspired him. Children stop and observe seagulls or tress because those things interest them and they are struck with curiosity. Maybe that's how adults should act in order to "regain our full humanity."
As for what it means to be a man and what it means to be a woman is all a matter of opinion. Both genders should experience life sometimes through a child's perspective, in order to contribute to the human experience. Men and women may have different responsibilities (all depending), but they both have contributed to life-changing history, culture, and art and they will in the future too. Adults just need to let go a little bit and not act like they already know everything.
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