Often when Anna and I are discussing something trans-related, the term "feminine" is used by one or both of us, and I have found that I have difficulty describing what it means to me
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it's a little bit of everything, all rolled into oneoutofsynchJune 5 2008, 01:25:35 UTC
hmmm....well, I would first challenge the implication that femeninity as a social construct is therefore not real, but I'm not sure that's entirely what you were thinking in the first place it's just something I read into. :) honestly most of what makes us who we are is a combination of bio and social. with respect to this point: Is femininity about being drawn to pretty things, wearing pink and liking skirts? Is it about what you like... how you like to look? Is femininity related to your mannerisms? Is your level of femininity subconscious... or is it something that you can change? Are we "feminine" and "masculine" based on our personality traits? I think you are focusing specifically on the socially defined aspects. Behaviors, likes, personalities can be genetically pre-dispositioned, and society will step in and label them one way or the other. That's actually where the conflict arrises for people who have a like that society says is against "the way they should be
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honestly most of what makes us who we are is a combination of bio and social. with respect to this point:
Is femininity about being drawn to pretty things, wearing pink and liking skirts? Is it about what you like... how you like to look? Is femininity related to your mannerisms? Is your level of femininity subconscious... or is it something that you can change? Are we "feminine" and "masculine" based on our personality traits?
I think you are focusing specifically on the socially defined aspects. Behaviors, likes, personalities can be genetically pre-dispositioned, and society will step in and label them one way or the other. That's actually where the conflict arrises for people who have a like that society says is against "the way they should be ( ... )
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