How do you define femininity?

weirdlemonade81 · 2014-06-12T00:09:03+00:00

Nurturing, mental and emotional strength - forbearance, gentleness - a feminine manner even in a position of strength or leadership, nesting instincts/domesticity. On the last point I do not mean that all women long to be a 50's style housewife, just that in a general way I find women more interested in the home as a place and as a concept and more interested in making a 'home' for themselves and those they love.

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Femme_Murican · 2014-06-14T03:11:12+00:00

Beautiful, loyal, intelligent

Sunjammer0037 · 2014-06-16T20:58:41+00:00

Femininity, for me, is a sum of certain physical qualities and aspects that are strictly or at least largely related to being a woman: having female body and genitalia, having female reproductive system, probably most of all - embracing your identity as a woman and your female sexuality, also - being attracted to men and everything that's related to female interaction with men. (I'm not against gays, I support their rights and all but I still deem being straight as the norm and being gay as a deviation from the norm).

Social aspects of being a woman are much more vague. Perhaps the beauty aspect, striving to enhance your beauty and relishing it. Other than that it depends mostly on personality. I don't think of an assertive, non-gentle, non-nurturing, submissive woman unfeminine. Nor do I think a woman with these qualities is necessary feminine. For me personally, femininity and masculinity go deeper than that. It must be the core aspects without which you couldn't imagine yourself as a woman/man. Whereas personality traits depend more on individual than their gender.

GaiusScaevolus · 2014-06-13T05:31:17+00:00

Pleasant, submissive, and graceful.

aaron_the_just · 2014-06-12T18:07:16+00:00

Look at typical behaviour of women over recorded history, average that out, and bingo, you have femininity.

Title	How do you define femininity?
Author	imissedaword
Upvotes	6
Comments	7
Date	June 11, 2014 10:57 PM UTC (12 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/PurplePillDebate
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