Femininity is essential to our survival.

The reason why our world is in turmoil is because of macho men like George "Brainhole" Bush and his military cronies who feel that violence is the solution to everything. Feminine women are the role models towards a peaceful society. Check out this link: http://thereisnogod.info/English/Clitocracy.php

 

my computer is having problems loading the site you linked to, so i've been unable to read it...

but i do feel it is appropriate to say that we must all make our own meaning! we don't have to take on the stereotypes that we've been given, whether it is masculine or feminine. acting absolutely feminine, if it's not your true nature, is giving way to those stereotypes... being true to yourself will bring much more beauty to the world and enhance our appriciation and love for life! that is much more amazing than taking on a prescribed role. you don't have to be feminine or masculine, and even then roles aren't black-and-white absolutes. thinking that we should live that way is detremental and sexist, and pretty ignorant. it also trivializes gender and our experiences. our world is varied and complex.

 

that link isn't working.... my computer sat for five full minutes waiting for it to load and believe me, it doesn't take that long for my computer to load a page

Depends on what you mean by femininity when you say it's essential to our survival. If you mean having women around then yes, of course it's necessary. But I see nothing wrong with not every getting a mani/pedicure, not wearing makeup, doing construction, fixing the house yourself, being full of glee at HomeDepot rather than at the Body Shop, never wearing a skirt or refusing to put on heels (let alone those 4" spike heel killers).

I'm probably pretty feminine by most people's views. I do wear makeup, I love shoes, I think skirts can be really cute. I also disassembled, carried out, and reassembled my entire bed - four poster canopy with reaaally old mattresses that are very heavy. I want to paint my house and I want to fix the windows. Home Depot is definitely more exciting than the Body Shop.

To me, real femininity simply comes from being female. I don't see why it needs to be narrowed anymore than that.

 

you lost me when you said "the reason the world is in turmoil" and proceeded to pin the worlds demise to one solitairy cause....

as for femininity, people come in all forms. Femininity is not a survival instinct, its a human created gender role

 

I think true femininity is the warm, loving instinct that everyone is naturally capable of--regardless of gender. It is too bad that it has been exploited into something far from it.

 

Nice, so I guess the world isn't in turmoil because of people like Bin Ladin and Saddam Hussein... yup, let's can President Bush a "Brainhole" which people like Hussein kill their own civilians on a daily basis in horrible ways that are never broadcast... yup, Bush sure is evil.

btw, I love feminine women... and you're right, more women should be feminine these days.

 

'Femininity is essential to our survival' if you think that this feminity of your's is synonymous to compassion and brotherhood. We don't need "clitocracy" , what we need is a world where the overwhelming majority takes an active role in spreading humanity more than their own biases. One way we do this is through starting to do things in our own community.

 

I never said that Bin Ladin and Saddam Hussein were good people. They are malevolent and evil individuals and yes they caused a lot of harm in the world. What I'm saying is that George "Terrorist" "Brainhole" Bush is using violence to combat violence and that only leads to more violence. He's killed and harmed a lot more innocent people than Bin Ladin and Hussein combined. Here's a picture of an innocent boy who lost his arms and legs when Bush ordered the bombings in Iraq. Any questions?

 

Surely what you mean is not feminism but pacifism. Its the Agressive nature of people which cause wars if people were more pasive or jsut direct and open without aggression then surely that would be better. femininity has nothing to do with it.

 

Actually femininity is the key to world peace. Macho (masculine) people like George Bush are slowly destorying the world. Agressiveness comes from macho (non-feminine) people. That was the point I was trying to make. Femininity brings forth pacifism.

 

you guys are so weird... femininity is simply the act of being female or identifying as female.. there are no prerequisites... Maybe you should say peacefulness, compassion, care for others, and kindness are intergral to world peace... once people stop thinking only of themselves and the consequences for themsvelves and think of others and their needs it'll help bring world peace. dont stereotype feminitity or masculinity.. there is not essentialism in gender, there are many femininities and masculinities and many facets to human beings...

 

what meepmeep said :H

 

Well on this particular subject I'm speechless except for one thing...
I watched the show Designing Women once and I loved what one of the ladies said, "That's where all you feminists are wrong. You all go around acting like you match up to men by doing masculine things... Wouldn't it make more sense to be powerful and still actually be feminine"....or something the affect, dont quote me.
And I love it. I live by it... We don't have to go out and be construction workers to prove that we're capable of it. We shouldn't have to act more like a man in order to be powerful.... the point of feminism is to still be WOMAN and have the ability to be dubbed as intelligent, powerful, or strong.

it always bothers me when someone is uber masculine and refers to themself as a feminist.

my two cents....andddd I'm spent. >.<

 

i'm a retard, I meant to post this under this thread and accidently did under "Women and Depression"...

I love the site, it's inspiring; but one thing that kind of irks me is the way they refer to atheism as a religion when it's really not...

 

Atheism by itself isn't a religion, but there are atheistic religions out there.

 

Atheism by itself isn't a religion, but there are atheistic religions out there.

 

There would be war every 28 days.​

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you mean women are as bad as men?!

Oh yea, also my friend,

I agree with you.

Yea, (couple of questions here) where are the pictures of innocent men and women killed in fights over punjab? Where are the people destroyed and killed in riots in India when Indira Gandhi (the prime minister of India)... A woman ordered severe police action in state of punjab in India?

Oh yes,

Also, what happened to pictures of black men and women being freed as Abraham lincoln (President of United States)... A man fought to free the slaves.

Oh yea, what happened to pictures of Gandhi, who gave Indians rights in South Africa... by "Satyagraha" (translated as : Holding Fast to the truth through love".

 

Simone De Beauvoir said in her famous book "The second sex" that femininity is just the way some people refer to "the way women are supposed to behave", and that is something created by society.
Personally I don't believe being femenine is wrong, as long as you don't feel that you HAVE to be that way, or that is something you don't feel comfortable with but anyway you do it just to act as you are expected. Being feminine can't be qualified as right or wrong, but the reasons why you are that way can. As long as you do it because that's how you are, or because you feel comfortable with it, you are on the right track.
And by the way, what we need to have a more peaceful world is love and tolerance, not femininity.

 

RE: Bush and his military cronies who feel that violence is the solution to everything. Feminine women are the role models towards a peaceful society

Are you against Bush, or masculinity?

Women can and are just as violent as men - they can be more catty and destructive. It's just we have Lizzy Borden syndrome and tend to let women off the hook. I mean look what happened with Karla Homolka.

As for equating masculinity with machismo - sure, can I equate femininity with crying all the time and being ditzy and mentally unstable?