Reverie
2 min readOct 26, 2021

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You literally write "spirituality, logic and reasoning is masculine". How is that not saying that when you're being spiritual you're expressing a specifically "masculine" quality and not "fully embodying your femininity"?

If you say for example that "logic is masculine, therefore I need to be more intuitive to be in touch with my femininity". Then if you say "spirituality is masculine" you're also saying that you need to minimise masculinity and maximise "femininity" (being passive, being surrendering, not being proud, being a doormat, adoringly fangirling over men and not minding if they don't give a fuck about you and your interests, apparently).

I don't think anything I do is masculine, unless I want to think of it as such. If I'm brave, I'm not being masculine. I'm being brave, as a woman. If I'm assertive, I'm not being masculine. I'm being an assertive woman. I'm not somehow "less feminine" than if I was a meek woman who never stood up for myself. I'm not "less feminine" because I am the breadwinner in my relationship. I'm not "less feminine" because I'm smart. I don't have to HIDE any part of myself for men. If I'm being vulnerable, that's not because I'm a woman and being a woman is to be vulnerable, it's that I feel safe and can allow my guard to come down and share vulnerability.

And the people that love me, (most of whom are men), love me for me. Not for the meek yes-woman you seem to be suggesting all women turn into in order to "be who they were meant to be". Or the mirror of adoration that you are maybe suggesting women PRETEND to be in order to attract men. Are you attracting the right man with this technique? If you're looking for a life partner, he will eventually find out you're assertive and smart even if you try to hide that part of yourself around him. So - what will you do? Completely kill that part of yourself so you are dependent on him forever? Tell him "sorry I manipulated you by making you think I was someone I'm not"? Or will you let your full glory shine through (assertive AND vulnerable) to find a partner on the same wavelength?

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Reverie
Reverie

Written by Reverie

“The nature of our immortal lives is in the consequences of our words and deeds” — Cloud Atlas

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