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[quote=Anonymous]One thing I think many of  the men asking this question fail to understand is that “femininity” is a construct and it’s performative. It’s technically incorrect to say that “women from this culture ARE more feminine than women from this culture.”

Rather it’s that women from country A have been taught and socialized into doing certain things - like waiting on men, doing all the manual labor in the house without complaining, speaking in a high soft voice, wearing heels and either modest clothes or revealing clothes, eating Last and eating less.” This isn’t feminine energy but rather being raised within an oppressive culture.

Women in the us have what you term “masculine energy “ because many of us either were not socialized into rigid gender norms or we rejected them because we have the agency and power to do them. And no amount of demanding that we dress like Mrs. Cleaver can bring us into line or conformity with your desires. This doesn’t make us losers but it kind of makes you one for failing to realize this.

And if you think taking away our rights is going to change this you’re wrong. You are backwards sad people with your commitment to regressive norms and practices.[/quote]

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