Femininity: Discover Your Type Today!
26th December 2022
This article aims to explore what femininity means and how it relates to personal and professional development. It will also help you determine if you identify as feminine or masculine, regardless of your gender. Additionally, the article will examine whether femininity is a trait exclusive to women and girls or if it can also be expressed in men and boys. To get a better understanding of femininity, keep reading below.
What Is Femininity?
Femininity is often described as a personality trait that is predominantly found in women, although there are also men who exhibit feminine characteristics. This trait has often been associated with fear, weakness, or femininity itself. However, fear can also mean being cautious and thoughtful about someone or something. It can imply considering the consequences or being deliberate before taking action.
Femininity (also called womanliness) is a set of attributes, behaviors, and roles generally associated with women and girls.
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“Weakness” is a subjective term and can vary depending on the context. Both men and women can be considered weak depending on how the term is being used. Being a woman can also involve traits such as motherhood, nurturing, and compassion, which are not negative qualities, regardless of whether one is male or female.
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It appears that even female animals possess feminine qualities. For instance, a male sparrow or weaverbird constructs the nest while his female partner observes. The female bird then has the liberty to choose whether she likes the nest or not. If she dislikes it, the male bird has no option but to rebuild it, either in the same location or a different one if the issue was related to the surroundings.
In the world of birds, both male and female have distinct roles. Typically, female birds take care of the eggs while males hunt for food to feed the mother and their young. This is a shared responsibility that ensures the survival of their offspring. It also means that the males are more masculine and the females are more feminine, with a motherly loving nature that is evident in their caretaking of the eggs.
Even though personalities matter, females have a few things in common, whether they are humans, birds, or animals. They do their things, slowly, taking their time, and enjoying the whole process. Masculine males and females do it the other way: rushing.
Are You a Feminist?
If you fit into some of the few descriptions of the feminine as shown above, then you are but a feminist, regardless of your age or gender. It might be somehow difficult to tell whether you are a feminist or a masculine in the first place. However, there are many ways to know where you belong. This is because everyone feels shy, at some point in time.
“In this case, shyness can’t be the only sign of feminism, yet, it is one of the major symptoms of the same. Most women shy away. This is why most men believe in the fact that “No,” can actually mean, “Yes,” for many reasons, and shyness is one of those reasons. Body language is also important.”In this case, shyness can’t be the only sign of feminism, yet, it is one of the major symptoms of the same. Most women shy away. This is why most men believe in the fact that “No,” can actually mean, “Yes,” for many reasons, and shyness is one of those reasons. Body language is also important.
If she says, “No,” when she means to say, “Yes,” her body language can tell.
How about fear? Well, all humans can feel this, at some point in time. Even men fear, only that they may not want to show it for some reason. However, men mostly don’t shout or wail when they fear, or when something unexpected happens suddenly in their world.
This is the major difference between men and women: women cry out loud when surprised; men get scared, too, but they don’t cry as quickly as women do. Women scream; men don’t.
Advantages of Being a Feminist
Oh, are there any advantages of being a feminist? Let’s see a few examples.
If feminism means motherhood, caring, and loving, then it must be a good thing. Men who are feminists must also love and care for their families in the way women do. Feminist men can then shy away from war and in the end, prevent the destruction that comes with war. In the same way, women who are feminists can raise their children better in love and care.
‘There is a good saying in Arabic: “El qu’ab berabeh ye’alu,” meaning to say, “The fearful takes care of his or her children.” And if this is femininity, then it is a good thing. It is an advantage to have these feminine characters and lifestyles.’There is a good saying in Arabic: “El qu’ab berabeh ye’alu,” meaning to say, “The fearful takes care of his or her children.” And if this is femininity, then it is a good thing. It is an advantage to have these feminine characters and lifestyles.
Do you know that female humans are mostly spared because they look so weak and vulnerable? That’s another advantage! Only heartless men attack and kill women, either in war or at home. Only heartless men fight their wives. Even though her words hurt you like a sharp sword, the best thing to do is to go away from her. When a man is fighting against his woman means weakness.
Men who fight women are also women in their hearts and minds. This is too harsh a reality.
Disadvantages of Being a Feminist
Are there any disadvantages of being feminine? Yes, there are several that I can’t even mention in this article. Weakness is what most people don’t want to be associated with, even though it is a natural reality. We measure weakness and strength against other people, and this is how crazy it is.
But, are all women weak? What do we mean by this? Do we mean physical weakness? Are we talking about mental weakness? Well, cultures are powerful. In some cultures, women accept the fact that they can’t do certain things because their bodies are weaker than those of men.
However, is this a natural reality or is it a culturally-endorsed thought process? I know that what the heart believes becomes a reality. For example, if I strongly believe that the food I am eating is poisonous, it is more likely to cause me more harm than good, right afterward.
If you forced me to eat or drink something labeled, “Deadly poison that kills in ten minutes or less,” do you think I will die after drinking it? Even if I won’t die, the drink will soon produce poisonous effects on me, if I believe it is poisonous.
However, poison is poison, regardless of whether I believe it is or not. Taking it produces real results, even if I don’t believe it can kill. This is true when you give me poison labeled as “Medicinal drinks from the best herbs of the field,” because if it is poisonous, it will still kill as soon as it could.
Even though most women and girls wear trousers today, yet, there are still disadvantages in so doing. I recall how a woman suffered under trousers because she can’t use a zipper to urinate while on the open boat on the Sobat River. She must remove the whole thing to her knees while everyone watches! Can you imagine that event? This is because a woman has a unique body for a natural purpose.
Hey, but we are not talking about women here. We are instead talking about feminism, which is shared across genders. Even transgender can be feminist or masculine in nature. However, feminism is deeply known for women or females, just as masculinity is mainly for men or males.
Your Personal Development and Feminism
If you know your place as feminine, you are good to go. It can help you in your journey of self-discovery and self-improvement, the two sides of the same coin: personal development. In the same way, if you know your place, this can help you in your journey of career discovery and career improvement, the other two sides of the other coin: professional development.
This is true because jobs and careers are connected to your personality type. Being feminine or masculine determines your personality type, which then helps you find the best career in line with your identity, your personality traits, and your type. For example, security jobs are suited for masculine natures.
Humanitarian jobs are suited for feminine characters because they have a sense of care and humanity in them, naturally. They love other people as they love themselves. They care about the weak and the marginalized people. They weep and cry whenever there is war and destruction of lives and properties.
Let me tell you the secret: I am a male feminist. I love peace more than conflict, though I can’t prevent or stop conflict no matter how I try. The very reason why I write is for me to weep alone. I shy away from community gatherings because most of the talk is heartless and scary. It’s always heartbreaking!
Again, your personality matters, and you can’t change it. It’s your nature. Your nature determines your personality. Nature and nurture compliments each other. This means what you have inherited from your biological parts and what the environment has forced into you, all things work together for your good of you.
Summary
In summary, we have seen a lot about feminism and how important it is. The question is whether you are able to identify yourself as a feminist or as masculine. We have also seen that feminism can be found in both men and women, even though it is mostly meant for men and other males.
This article is very important because it can help you a lot when it comes to personal and professional development. If you know your personality type, then you have discovered who you are. If you have discovered yourself, you are likely to discover your best career, which is in line with your personality type. Thank you for reading! Please share your thoughts with us in the comment section below.
Shalom!
Further Readings
- Femininity—wikipedia.org
- Femininity—sciencedirect.com
- What Is Femininity?—huffpost.com