From dictionary: "Femininity refers to qualities and behaviors judged by a particular culture to be ideally associated with or especially appropriate to women and girls."
judged by the culture? well..indeed, there's no 1 consensus for it, much like many terms.
Let's not forget about history's lessons, such as amazon civilizations, and even roman civilization, as well as the present. Many woman could be considered 'masculine' just like many men could be considered 'feminine'. Women are just as capable of wanting to "win" as men. There's no question.
"In traditional Western culture, such features include gentleness, patience, vanity, superficiality and kindness."
Looking at this, I can't help but think that femininity can only be a label, being the classification of certain attributes or traits.
If someone feels very divine and gentle, does that make them feminine?-Only by the culture's definition.
Alot more women are becoming 'masculine' compared to before, now that society it a little less restricting. Imagine if there were no restrictions, who knows what women would act like.. though already, just having a curvy/artistical body and/or giving birth is enough influence to make them associate themselves to a few stereotypical 'feminine' attributes just there,.. so it'd be impossible to truly determine what women would act like without influence.
If femininity can only be perceived within yourself as a woman, then only 'true' women will know. The question is now, how does one know she is a 'true' woman or not if she only havs variable and influenced information about what femininity is? What limits men from feeling the same? Are there actually restrictions regarding someone's 'true' self and feelings?
Too many questions and too few answers.
