Sunday, February 26, 2012
femininity and masculinity.
Masculinity and Femininity are governed by sex. The terms make distinctions between gender, what is feminine and what is masculine, but this is wrong. It is more appropriate to think of these terms as fluid and not being constrained by sex. We must acknowledge that masculine and feminine traits exist within all of us. But once we acknowledge this, the meaning of masculinity and femininity become obsolete. First off, it is difficult to define what is masculine and what is feminine to begin with. It is silly that these terms exist in the first place. There is no person who is one hundred precent masculine or one hundred precent feminine. So then what is the point of making these distinctions in the first place? Maybe they came into existence through simple observation, where people observed a group of female behaviors and labeled them and feminine and then a group of male behaviors and labeled them as masculine. The main problem with this that there will always be individuals that will define this norm. Instead of making strict distinctions we should recognize that we are similar and not that different from each other after all.
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