The New Femininity Femininity is not a word that we are encouraged to use these days. A lot of people would argue that femininity is the thing that keeps women obedient to men. However, there is a hidden assumption behind this term. The assumption is that masculinity is superior to femininity; that femininity is not a beautiful and powerful thing in its own right. I believe that women have something men do not have. Women …
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…women are fundamentally the same and that all differences are the result of conditioning. Each of us is an individual, of course. The point is that femininity is something real. It is not something cooked up by society. It is no a cultural or historical accident. It is part of what we are. It is what makes us women rather than men, and if we prefer women to men, it is the thing we prefer.