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wordygirl

reflections on getting involved with a man

Oct 12, 2005 18:12

One of the more interesting things about getting involved with a man is that I am having to become conscious once again of what it means to me to be a woman, as I am never more aware of my femaleness than when I am around non female people. When I interacted almost entirely with other women, I felt I could forget my gender and just interact as a ( Read more... )

relationships, sexuality

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agwdevil October 13 2005, 12:26:39 UTC

It is beyond a doubt that there are physical differences between men and women. (Don't believe me? Here...take a look at this...) It is also proven that male bodies have a preponderance of testosterone, and female bodies have estrogen. Not to mention the female body's ability to sustain life within, and provide sustence for an infant ( ... )

Meaning and purpose agwdevil October 13 2005, 12:29:36 UTC

And as to the other point, looking for meaning and purpose and perhaps finding it in self-sacrifice, there's something to that. Certainly when I became a father it changed my outlook on the meaning and purpose of life drastically.

When I saw CANDIDE as a young lad, I was quite scornful of the ending. I thought it was grown-up hooey. But the older I get the more it resonates for me. Candide is finally given the meaning of life (in the form of an old sage):

"What is the natural function of man? What was it in the Garden of Eden? Dig, spin, work without regret for yesterday or hope for tomorrow? For man, it is only work that makes life endurable."

I feel hopeless when idle, and filled with purpose when I'm occupied with something.

Sugar and Spice and All Things Nice jeremy_m October 13 2005, 23:51:49 UTC

You know my views on these things from my extensive pontifications elsewhere, but here are the highlights for the benefit (?) of your readers ( ... )

Re: Sugar and Spice and All Things Nice wordygirl October 14 2005, 04:04:52 UTC

> It's that we're all descended from ( ... )

Re: Sugar and Spice and All Things Nice jeremy_m October 14 2005, 17:27:03 UTC

> I also have some difficulty with the idea of looking all the way back towards primitive human life for any kind of meaningful evidence, given that we've had thousands of years of Western culture shaping our behavior in ways that seem far more destructive than what nature might've intended ( ... )

Re: Sugar and Spice and All Things Nice wordygirl October 14 2005, 19:17:17 UTC

My message was deemed too long for a mere reply, so I'm posting it as new entry!