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General Discussion / Re: The border between masculinity and femininity?
« on: June 17, 2012, 08:23:35 am »
Well, there's real genuine masculinity and femininity that's built into everybody based on genetics.
Like this example: bras are feminine. Men don't have anything to hold up with them.
Then there's the artificial, arbitrary, illogical gender roles made up by our culture.
Example: The skirt. In western culture, men don't wear skirts, with the exception of Scottish men wearing kilts, and even then probably mostly ceremonially. There's no physical reason a skirt would function more appropriately for the female anatomy.
In fact, a little breeze in the summer is that much more satisfying with the extra airflow.
I bet that's why they traditionally don't wear anything under a kilt. The nice cool breeze...
I think there are a lot less genuine gender norms/roles than there are arbitrary cultural ones.
Like this example: bras are feminine. Men don't have anything to hold up with them.
Then there's the artificial, arbitrary, illogical gender roles made up by our culture.
Example: The skirt. In western culture, men don't wear skirts, with the exception of Scottish men wearing kilts, and even then probably mostly ceremonially. There's no physical reason a skirt would function more appropriately for the female anatomy.
In fact, a little breeze in the summer is that much more satisfying with the extra airflow.
I bet that's why they traditionally don't wear anything under a kilt. The nice cool breeze...I think there are a lot less genuine gender norms/roles than there are arbitrary cultural ones.
