This is a long read, but touches on a lot thats worth a closer examination. There are no inherently “masculine” or “feminine” traits. But we’re born into a culture that acts as though there are... I was and am assertive, vocal, and even—dare I say—aggressive in ways that would be totally normal and therefore invisible in a man, but that are hypervisible and distinctly “mannish” in a woman. And, as Jenn Reese so eloquently put it, can I get a HELL YES on this: I’ve come to realize that butchness doesn’t need to be understood as “masculinity” at all. Its form and substance don’t have to be defined by its opposition to femininity. cc: Mars Saxman, Neil Girling, Meredith Yayanos, Alyssa Stevenson.
Posted on: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 19:46:06 +0000
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