They may not know its full expression as the realization of true Being, however. They may deviate into forms of release such as real or fantasized forms of war and murder, or beating their wife, or having an orgasm, or drinking beer, or watching TV, or skydiving, or intense meditative experiences. These may be the only ways they know to approximate their Masculine impulse toward authentic ego-death, or the relaxation into true Being.
The first-stage Masculine tends to deviate into ritualized forms of war such as gang violence, football and boxing, spouse abuse, or actual life-threatening situations, either for real or on TV or the movie screen. The second-stage Masculine tends to deviate from true freedom and happiness by seeking ever more satisfying sexual play, ever more profound philosophical explanations, ever more communicative relationships. The second-stage Masculine loves losing Himself--that is, dying to His awareness of Himself--in a good conversation, in good music, or a good book.
We must realize that there is nothing wrong with the Masculine desire for "death" and release, in and of itself. It is our obligation, however, to couple this desire with the true motive of our heart, the deepest desire for freedom, love, or happiness, inherent to our Being. It is certainly more loving, free, and happy to experience the release from an orgasm than the release from killing an opponent in war. But it is even more loving, free, and happy, to "die" directly into your true nature, to let go of your essential tension as you relax directly into who you are in truth. To do so, however, you must let go of your old habits of searching, your past deviations.
How do we grow out of our habits of deviation? How do we grow beyond our obsession with violence, orgasm, and philosophy? (Philosophy is, after all, a desire to be released by knowledge, rather then by sex or violence.) We grow out of our present deviance by re-connecting with our fundamental Masculine impulse for release, for freedom.