Chapter 6 188 What do you understand by ‘femininity’?* # Response 1 The physique, the actions, the ideas, the solutions, the thinking, the appearance, the organization, the strength, the structuring 2 The female sex, motherhood, feminine appearance, caring, 3 Difficult question - but is about empathy, caring, being confident in what I do. Being proud of my children, doing my part for a living, male characteristics are also part of me, winning. 4 Femininity for me consists of motherliness, gentleness, empathy, seeing connections, seeing interests of different groups or family members. Being able to connect and behave that way. Not being submissive but being strong. Setting boundaries. Being attractive, seductive if desired, authentic. 5 Empathy, sensitivity, emotional 6 Sex Motherhood Softness 7 Just being yourself and radiating that 8 A combination of purely biological, external, and genetic set of differences from men and, in addition, cultural and social expectations regarding being a woman. I struggled a lot with the above questions. I see myself as human, I am a woman and was very happy to become a mother but don’t feel particularly feminine and am not much about it. Although I find it very annoying when I notice that I or other women are disadvantaged by being a woman. 9 That you appreciate who you are and what you put out. 10 Characteristics and behaviours and roles that typically belong to women such as choosing clothes and professions and behaving in a dependent (vulnerable) manner, among others. 11 I feel completely female because of how I look. How people respond to me. I just can’t imagine how to feel like a man. I’m just a woman. And feel very comfortable under that. 12 Caring, independence, cleverness combined with inner beauty, versatility, justice and being sensitive. 13 By that I mean that we as women are allowed to have children. That we are given curves and more extras to distinguish us from men. 14 Caring and compassionate.... *Responses of female participants.
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