QUESTION:
"As we create conscious relationships, how do the male and female
roles and qualities change, or do they? Are there some qualities or
traits that are universal or given? For example, people often think
of the female energy as soft and receptive, while the male energy is
active and resilient, sometimes even callous."
The example shown is supported by a dying stereotype thankfully being altered by intellectual conceptual thinking : the awareness of androgyny- The melding of gender characteristics within the same body-host. 
Re: "co-committing to learning from every relationship interaction": To be co-committed to learning every relationship interaction requires listening ears and inner voice void of all external influence. (The clean slate principle without judgment love and respect the other as would thyself...) again the importance of applying communicative awareness to your life. Do not be afraid to say what is in your heart . . . I don't
4/17/03 enlightenment-psych.net©2003 All Rights Reserved ericahidvegi
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Interesting, sadly I have not heard this term until today.
i concur with Kimber, tacking on this addendum to her phrase: "worth a damn".
-to answer the initial query, though: any "innate" characteristics are, of course, societal. as such, they differ from one pod to the next. -it's okay, for instance, for two males (hetero' & full-grown) to hold hands while walking a thoroughfare. this'd be in certain parts of Asia--should probably be okay everywhere, in fact--but the polar opposite is (unofficially) true in the West.
and why?
because, somewhere along the way, gender-specific Nurture comes into play...
i, for one, am content to live outside of this box. -the only thing that keeps me from, say, sexual conduct with another male...is lack of desire. but there are subleties that inform interactions with my comrades--i will, at the drop of a dime, make physical contact with a friend who looks aggrieved. it's an instinct on my part, and varies from Paternal to Fraternal...
...but why should i have to add that latter?
it is an unsettling thing to ponder. -back to sexuality, specifically: i often wish i did want men. i rather suspect that bisexuality is part-and-parcel (in terms of androgony). i'll go further: i think such individuals are as close to Complete as a homo sapiens can possibly be--as long as they aren't riddled with hang-ups about their choice(s), and so-forth.
(sorry about the misspell there--first "y" in "androgyny", and all...the hour's late..)