Is it necessary to be feminine in order to be a woman?

Question

In this culture today, is femininity confined to the female gender role, and is this what makes a woman? What about feminine gay men? Or 'butch' homosexual women?

What do you think?

Answer 1

Femininity is a trait of both sexes, it incorporates many values and feeling states and should not polarised as a phenomonon which happens in women and gay men alone. The same can be said of masculinity.

Answer 2

You are born a girl and then become a women. In this age though this can be difficult and not easily defined. You are a women for the way you are - I have always been a "Tom Boy" i.e: when growing up I revolted over the idea that now that I am a women - I have to behave in a certain accepted way - so I have broken the mould and have achieved what I have set out - including being happily married with bambinos for well over a decade - Femininity is to me a veneer and does not allow for the true women to come through. The same applies to man - the perception of Masculinity is again a veneer - many times not allowing more sensitive souls to express themselves for fear of being described as being too feminine and therefore "gay/ homosexual". In my experience - my homosexual friends behave in the way that they want and are liberated from fitting into specific moulds.

Answer 3

what do you mean by feminine? liking flowers and the colour pink, or maybe being interested in clothes and makeup!
that is a stereotype! You need to firstly define this more clearly.
I would say that to be a woman is to be whatever you want to be in this society - or is this an ideal?
It still comes down to our perception of what is feminine - and then we attribute these traits to different people eg a gay man.

Answer 4

I think you should be yourself,that is what makes you unique. What makes a person is in there heart,the things they believe in and being true to oneself,femininity is different for everyone I think,to me even Beast, of the beauty and the beast had a touch of femininity. Each person will probly say femininity is something different in their view.

Answer 5

Two x chromosomes make a woman. That's pretty much all you need. I guess a person who is born a man but has a sex change also counts. And a woman who has a sex change does not count as a woman.
I don't think femininity is really an issue in this, not to me anyway.

Answer 6

Its easy. There's your sex on one hand, and then there's your gender, which isn't the same thing. Sex is biological and you can't change that. But gender is culturally determined and you make the choices you are comfortable with.
But, having said that, the first thing anyone wants to know about you is whether you are male or female, because it shapes their expectations and their behaviour toward you. Create any confusion and it causes big problems.... (As I know in my own life....).

Answer 7

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Answer 8

"Being a woman is hard work....the woman must be at once tough and tender. She must have convinced herself that she, her values, and her choices are important....she must resist considering herself a lesser version of her male counterpart....she will need to prize her tenderness and be able to display it at appropriate times in order to prevent toughness from gaining total authority and to avoid becoming a mirror image of those men who value power above life, and control over love. Women should be tough, tender, laugh as much as possible, and live long lives!" (Maya Angelou. 'In all ways a woman' Virago Press). Personally, i think thats what separates us from males, our sexuality is our strongest power, if used correctly and in a ladylike manner.

Answer 9

Some of my women friends are definitely not feminine in the literal sense. They hate frou-frou, make up, high heels etc but are hetrosexual females. If feminine means "girly-sexual" or "Betty-Boop", then society is in trouble.

Answer 10

Sorry, I had to look at your name real hard. I thought it said, Five Fartings and I wondered why you would limit yourself only to five.

I mean the pressure keeps building and sooner or later your gonna have to explode.

Men look for the feminine in a woman. they like to be with one that is feminine.

And, I think it is the opposite with the men being feminine.

I figure all queers are feminine gay men.