must remeber you're never alone on a planet of 7 billion.
"I will concede that there are individuals out there who have told me I’m the “manliest girl they know”. Keep in mind that I like wearing skirts and corsets and I cry at almost every sentimental movie I see and my favourite colour is hot pink. Taking all that into account, it seems like what defines “manliness” is a drive to be capable and self sufficient."
If dressing in utilitarian clothing suited to the environment or task at hand is manly, wearing clothes that make you look pretty is girly. If going into the wilderness with the knowledge and preparedness to survive off the land is manly, going into the wilderness with a man who has the knowledge and preparedness to help you survive off the land is girly. It seems the women who are most often accused of being masculine are the ones who try the hardest to be independent self-sufficient individuals who excel at their jobs.
Wanting to be strong and independent and have adventures is not a y-chromosome specific trait. I believe in equality in the truest sense of the word, everyone out there deserves the same opportunity to be the hero or the villain or the comic relief or the love interest if that’s what they want out of life. Thanks for understanding.
Exerts from Coelasquid's post on http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/archives/634 2/9/11 emphasis is mine.
*Looks again* I've been called manly, dudely and the "pants wearer" of my marriage. Being oviously female, a good cook and not living in squallier I often wondered why I get labeled so (or i just get called butch or something but i attributed that to either ignorance or to my wearing comfortable shoes) These labels really mean capable in among a group of humans that don't necessary associate capable with feminine...
I'm sure some pioneer women could set them straight...or me or the other multitude of modern, practical, and capable feminine types.
If dressing in utilitarian clothing suited to the environment or task at hand is manly, wearing clothes that make you look pretty is girly. If going into the wilderness with the knowledge and preparedness to survive off the land is manly, going into the wilderness with a man who has the knowledge and preparedness to help you survive off the land is girly. It seems the women who are most often accused of being masculine are the ones who try the hardest to be independent self-sufficient individuals who excel at their jobs.
Wanting to be strong and independent and have adventures is not a y-chromosome specific trait. I believe in equality in the truest sense of the word, everyone out there deserves the same opportunity to be the hero or the villain or the comic relief or the love interest if that’s what they want out of life. Thanks for understanding.
Exerts from Coelasquid's post on http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/archives/634 2/9/11 emphasis is mine.
*Looks again* I've been called manly, dudely and the "pants wearer" of my marriage. Being oviously female, a good cook and not living in squallier I often wondered why I get labeled so (or i just get called butch or something but i attributed that to either ignorance or to my wearing comfortable shoes) These labels really mean capable in among a group of humans that don't necessary associate capable with feminine...
I'm sure some pioneer women could set them straight...or me or the other multitude of modern, practical, and capable feminine types.