Does everyone in this thread hate being a woman?

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revolutionarygirl
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14 May 2013, 10:16 pm

I dislike the amount of sexism that I see on this forum. This place is filled with great people, most of whom I feel I can talk to. Women just seemed to be blamed for a lot of problems, especially in relationships. How are we ever going to get past sexist stereotypes if people keep acting like this? It's frustrating; I always try to be positive about being a woman. I see many good things in my female peers. Yet I feel like my efforts go to waste. Let's stamp out sexism, then we can move on to stamp out the two sex system, and how we see both gender and sex.



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15 May 2013, 8:58 am

bookwyrm wrote:
The agression caused by testosterone is notorious


It can be put to good uses.

bookwyrm wrote:
and make-up and dresses are for attracting men so they should discuss them.


Many women here have said otherwise. I think women usually care much more about that than men do; more or less what happens with penis size, only in reverse. It probably has something to do with the fact that those tricks for attracting men work subconsciously.

Techniques used to send me a subconscious signal that a woman is willing to have sex with me, when I’m dead sure she isn’t, don’t make a particularly interesting topic to me.

bookwyrm wrote:
I refuse to plaster my face with muck and dresses are impractical.


So be it :) Depending on what kind of “muck” you mean, it can be simply a matter of health, though.



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15 May 2013, 10:03 am

Spiderpig wrote:
bookwyrm wrote:
The agression caused by testosterone is notorious


It can be put to good uses.

bookwyrm wrote:
and make-up and dresses are for attracting men so they should discuss them.


Many women here have said otherwise. I think women usually care much more about that than men do; more or less what happens with penis size, only in reverse. It probably has something to do with the fact that those tricks for attracting men work subconsciously.

Techniques used to send me a subconscious signal that a woman is willing to have sex with me, when I’m dead sure she isn’t, don’t make a particularly interesting topic to me.

bookwyrm wrote:
I refuse to plaster my face with muck and dresses are impractical.


So be it :) Depending on what kind of “muck” you mean, it can be simply a matter of health, though.


I wear dresses because I think they're pretty on me and they are more comfortable to me than jeans. Not for male attention-seeking. Ditto for the makeup.



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16 May 2013, 4:38 am

starship wrote:
I am female, but feel strange being called a woman. I don't feel like a man either, though. If I could choose I would have no gender. No genitalia, no breasts or curves, no body hair.. like some kind of alien. :lol:


I can totally relate to not wanting to be called "woman", since there's definitely some gross undertones to that word. To me, woman conveys a sexually empowered figure, one who has gigantic hips and breasts and a thick bush of pubes and isn't afraid to use them to get approval from the guys. Just... disgusting. Being one of those would be too embarrassing.

Nor am I particularly fond of boobs, curves and body hair... all the stuff that comes with puberty is just gross, since I often feel like I'm still a little girl and it should never have happened. Though I do want a romantic/sexual relationship, so I might be contradicting myself there...


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16 May 2013, 9:06 am

I have no clue if this has anything to do with my autism, or just an individual quirk (or both). I have NEVER identified with being a female. Granted I am very happily married to a man, but he is more my best friend than anything else.
I have never felt anything in common with other women, I would rather hunt, fish, chop firewood, fix cars, build things, etc. etc. never worn a dress or a drop of makeup in my life, don't gossip and chat with other ladies, and absolutely hate it when people assume I should act or think like 99.9999% of women out there. I'm "ME" not anyone or anything else.
Interesting to note I also have no sexual desire, and have never felt the usual "urges" :oops: I would say I'm very uncomfortable about my "female" body parts if I conciously think about them.



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18 May 2013, 6:57 pm

trapper wrote:
I have no clue if this has anything to do with my autism, or just an individual quirk (or both). I have NEVER identified with being a female. Granted I am very happily married to a man, but he is more my best friend than anything else.
I have never felt anything in common with other women, I would rather hunt, fish, chop firewood, fix cars, build things, etc. etc. never worn a dress or a drop of makeup in my life, don't gossip and chat with other ladies, and absolutely hate it when people assume I should act or think like 99.9999% of women out there. I'm "ME" not anyone or anything else.
Interesting to note I also have no sexual desire, and have never felt the usual "urges" :oops: I would say I'm very uncomfortable about my "female" body parts if I conciously think about them.


You don't have to like stereotypical girly things to identify as a female.