Agreed on two points: masculinity is also a scam perpretrated on all men by a minority with power -- most of them men, but also a few women. Most men don't fit the mold any more than most women fit the femininity mold. And definitely femininity is a scam perpetrated by patriarchy on women in whichmen and some women police women to reinforce it. My father once called me a "ball breaker" for refusing to back down on a point. He said it half with admiration and half fear that I would never find a husband. I did. :)
I look around and see evidence of the women gender-police all around me. I am a rather bookish, introverted intellectual-type of person to whom clothing is mostly functional. My sister-in-law took it on herself to tell me that I did my nails the wrong way. They're supposed to be squared off instead of oval, didn't you know? She was amused that I didn't know how to be a proper woman -- she with 36D implants, gel nails done with a french manicure, dyed hair with extensions, year-round tan, buff-bod with requisite tattoo on her lower back, visible thong, who is 40 going on 18.
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Date: 2007-09-15 04:01 am (UTC)I look around and see evidence of the women gender-police all around me. I am a rather bookish, introverted intellectual-type of person to whom clothing is mostly functional. My sister-in-law took it on herself to tell me that I did my nails the wrong way. They're supposed to be squared off instead of oval, didn't you know? She was amused that I didn't know how to be a proper woman -- she with 36D implants, gel nails done with a french manicure, dyed hair with extensions, year-round tan, buff-bod with requisite tattoo on her lower back, visible thong, who is 40 going on 18.
You bet your life women police gender.