There are many people today who believe that masculinity and femininity are a choice that each individual gets to make at some point in their life. In the higher educational system, I was taught that when a child is born, he or...
Tag - sexuality
There was a time when equal meant equal and unequal meant just that: unequal. Things are different now in a society that has once again effectively altered the meaning of a word to advance its agenda in trying to make men and...
Society is very effective at regulating what behavior shown by men and women is ok and what is not by ridiculing certain actions and praising others. Now just because society gets involved in regulating behavior does not...
It usually doesn’t take long when talking about men and women, and in this case masculinity and femininity, before comparisons are made between the two. Oftentimes these comparisons are the kinds that show that...
You may have noticed that I haven’t once indicated that men have certain roles and women have other certain roles. That’s not to say that men and women have different roles, but that at the present time life in our society...
Masculinity and femininity may not be influenced by parenting and society, but manhood and womanhood are. Manhood and womanhood are the mature, responsible expressions of masculinity and femininity. So, manhood (responsible...
A similar pitfall to defining masculinity and femininity by actions is to try to base the definition on physical qualities, characteristics, or distinctive traits. The question then turns to “Do I possess all of the qualities...
The most often reoccurring pitfall in defining masculinity and femininity is basing it, one way or another, on what men or women can do. It is true that there are some actions that only men can do, and other actions that only...
There may have been times when we have seen a man who is dressed up like a woman or a woman dressed up like a man. They may even be doing their best to act the part of being feminine or masculine, respectively. Now a man can...
Equality is just one possible (and entirely inaccurate) relationship that can be used to describe or define men and women. There are others who suggest that Complimentary is the best description for the relationship between men...