Weakness - a true trait of femininity

[Shoobydoo]

Femininty Check List

__I wear my hair in a feminine style

I think it's feminine. I've been growing it out for three years and it's somewhere between wavy and hair curler curls, so I think it looks nice.

__I shower everyday.

Every other day.

__My hair looks healthy, it has shine.

I think so? I think this is a mean question. One of the more religious people I knew in high school (she was a Mormon, not a fundie) was born with very thin, unhealthy looking hair. Some people can't help what their hair looks like.

__I look in the mirror several times a day, to see if hair needs fixing.

Haaaaa on days when I don't wash is I usually don't even brush my hair. It doesn't tangle easily and usually a finger brushing will do.

__I don’t wear makeup.

Not frequently, but I do like a little mascara for special outings. Like the pokemon black and white debut event I went to this spring. I totally got dolled up for that.

__I only wear enough makeup to look my best.

True, I guess? I wear it infrequently enough that I feel like a drag queen if it's too overt. I still can't bring myself to wear lipstick.

__I don’t wear masculine type clothes.

I have a lot of hoodies?

__I wear feminine dresses at home.

The only actual dresses I own are a cocktail dress I wore to prom and a definitely not fundie approved jumper that barely covers my bum.

__I don’t have feminine clothes, but plan to buy or make them.

I need more "work" friendly skirts

__My shoes look feminine.

???

I wear either hiking boots or ballet flats with a bow depending on the weather, so.....

__My purses look feminine.

I guess is has a flower print.

__I wear scarves or ribbons and lace trimmed items.

I have one with an owl on it. Does that count?

The true characteristics of a feminine nature are :

Weakness- Just yesterday I was informed of the noodliness of my arms, but I think trying to lift an object that's more than a quarter of my body weight from chest height wasn't helping that any. :evil:

Submissiveness- BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Dependency- My parents buy me food, does that count?

Tenderness- Debateable.

Fearfulness- When I was little I was extremely concerned about there being aliens outside my window.

Also

__Use your hands in a brusk, firm manner.

I'm not sur eI know how to be brusk with my hands. I'm very clumsy, though.

__Walk with a heavy gait.

According to my parents I sound like an elephant.

__Walk with long strides.

Yep. Even in heels I can keep a pretty good pace.

__Masculine tone in your voice.

No. Complete strangers tell me I have a sweet feminine voice. It must make it really surprising when they finally notice I cuss like a sailor.

__Yell.

Only when I flip my shit. My "loud" voice ALWAY sounds absolutely furious for some reason, so I don't yell a lot.

__Laugh loudly.

Yep! Except when I can't breath from laughing then I just made a sad little gaspy sound.

__Laugh with mouth wide open.

I don't look like I'm yawning, no?

__Eat noisily.

No. People who eat noisily should be locked in an empty room and forced to listen to themselves eating for all eternity.

__Shake hands with an overly firm grasp.

Yes.

__Slap men on the back.

No? I don't really do social slapping. I did drag a classmate out of his chair to force him to work on his final project once.

__Sit with legs apart.

Sometimes.

__Give pushy advice.

I try to avoid dictating other people's lives.

__Demand your way.

No. I'm actually pretty wishy washy about that sort of thing.

__Have unyielding opinions.

Yes

__Critical in conversation.

I suppose so. I try to avoid conversing with idiots in the first place.

__Harsh facial expressions.

I make really angry faces when I'm concentrating hard on something. I also suffer from the well-known artists' plague of making the facial expression I'm trying to draw.

I'm not terribly feminine or masculine! I guess that means I can get away with wearing baggy clothing 24/7 now because I'm androgynous. :D

[AtroposHeart]

I'll play, too.

__I wear my hair in a feminine style

Shoulder length count?

__I shower everyday.

Yes

__My hair looks healthy, it has shine.

Depends on its mood

__I look in the mirror several times a day, to see if hair needs fixing.

No

__I don’t wear makeup.

Only for special occasions

__I only wear enough makeup to look my best.

I don't think I wear enough to make a difference on how I look.

__I don’t wear masculine type clothes.

By your definition? Then most likely, yes

__I wear feminine dresses at home.

I don't own a dress

__I don’t have feminine clothes, but plan to buy or make them.

Yes, I want to learn to sew and some of the items I want to make are skirts and blouses

__My shoes look feminine.

No, there pretty unisex

__My purses look feminine.

It's green with mickey mouse on it. I'll let you be the judge

__I wear scarves or ribbons and lace trimmed items.

No

The goal is to have a striking contrast between yourself and men. An overall impression of femininity.

Blah,Blah,Blah

__Use your hands in a brusk, firm manner.

Yes

__Walk with a heavy gait.

No

__Walk with long strides.

No

__Masculine tone in your voice.

No, but you can't help how your voice sounds. It's determined at birth

__Yell.

__Laugh loudly.

Yes

__Laugh with mouth wide open.

Is there any other way to laugh.

__Eat noisily.

Yes, I have a bad habit of smacking and because of that I don't like to eat in front of other people.

__Shake hands with an overly firm grasp.

I don't think so

__Slap men on the back.

Yes

__Sit with legs apart.

Sometimes

__Give pushy advice.

Considering the fact that I'm human, then yes

__Demand your way.

See above

__Have unyielding opinions.

Everyone has them on certian subjects. Even you.

__Critical in conversation.

Occasionally

__Harsh facial expressions

How am I suppose to know?

The true characteristics of a feminine nature are :

Weakness

Submissiveness

Dependency

Tenderness

Fearfulness

Feminine Women depend on men to:

lead them, protect them, and provide for them !!!!

The only decent one is tenderness, but that should be appiied to both genders, The rest? I would rather be considered masculine than have any of these traits.

[Dinorah]

It always strike me that for fundies being feminine basically means being prissy.

Anyway should I worry? I fulfil most of these, in spite of being an evil educated liberal feminist.

Femininty Check List

I wear my hair in a feminine style

Yes, it's past my shoulders. Since I assume this is the criterion since by definition unkempt never-cut hair is feminine and a cute, sleek bob or pixie cut isn't.

I shower everyday.

Yes - I thought this was hygene, btw.

My hair looks healthy, it has shine.

When it's clean, yes.

I look in the mirror several times a day, to see if hair needs fixing.

Yes.

I don’t wear makeup.

Only for work or special occasions.

I only wear enough makeup to look my best.

Yes.

I don’t wear masculine type clothes.

It depends how you define "masculine". I wear pants regularly, sometimes sliglty military type clothes, but I also wear skirts and dresses.

I wear feminine dresses at home.

Unless it's very hot, if I'm wearing a skirt or dress that means I'm making a vague effort with my looks. So I generally wear pants as homewear, but occasionally in hot weather I'll wear an old sundress.

I don’t have feminine clothes, but plan to buy or make them.

I have feminine clothes already and will buy some in the future, I suppose. No way I'm making anything.

My shoes look feminine.

I wear sneakers often, but also ballet flats, which I assume are feminine.

My purses look feminine.

They're colourful, so I suppose they do.

I wear scarves or ribbons and lace trimmed items.

Scarves pretty often, not so much the others.

I don't think I do most of the "masculine" things, except perhaps yelling sometimes and having unyielding opinions...btw, it's a bit rich a fundie would accuse anyone of having "unyielding opinions".

[OnceModestTwiceShy]

Femininty Check List

I wear my hair in a feminine style

It's long and wavy, so I'm practically Gothard-approved...

I shower everyday.

Almost...I usually go for a power walk/run 5-6 times/week in the morning, and I shower after that.

My hair looks healthy, it has shine.

Yes...I'm so vain. ;p

I look in the mirror several times a day, to see if hair needs fixing.

Kind of hard to avoid the mirror when I go to the bathroom...

I don’t wear makeup.

False.

I only wear enough makeup to look my best.

Nah, I probably wear just a tad too much...blame it on years of acne, which makes me insecure about my skin.

I don’t wear masculine type clothes.

I do wear pants.

I wear feminine dresses at home.

Most of my clothes are dresses/skirts, but at home I wear comfy sweats and PJs.

I don’t have feminine clothes, but plan to buy or make them.

I have "feminine" clothes...I can't sew.

My shoes look feminine.

Well, apart from my running shoes.

My purses look feminine.

My giant bag, overstuffed with books, computer, and the other trappings of an evil academic woman, is not so much "feminine" as "crazy bag lady"...

I wear scarves or ribbons and lace trimmed items.

Scarves, yes...Lace and ribbons I will leave for the 5-year-olds.

Use your hands in a brusk, firm manner.

Does pleasuring my boyfriend count? :dance:

Walk with a heavy gait.

I am a stomper by nature...

Walk with long strides.

If I'm in a rush.

Masculine tone in your voice.

Unfortunately, my voice is annoyingly girlish...not womanly, or "feminine", but girlish. I am working on a more "masculine" tone, b/c I think it will give me more professional credibility.

Yell.

Try not to.

Laugh loudly.

Yeah, my laugh is pretty grating...if my voice sounds like a 12-y/o girl, my laugh sounds like a bitter old hag. ;)

Laugh with mouth wide open.

No, I cover my mouth to avoid defrauding men with the sigh of my tongue. :roll:

Eat noisily.

I have TMJ, so I can't eat anything that requires chewing without my jaw cracking loudly.

Shake hands with an overly firm grasp.

I still haven't mastered the handshake, but firm is better than limp.

Slap men on the back.

Sure, if they are friends and we are being particularly jocular, lol.

Sit with legs apart.

At home, sure.

Give pushy advice.

No, this is usually counter-productive. And I never give advice without being asked.

Demand your way.

I pick my battles, but sometimes demanding your way is necessary.

Have unyielding opinions.

Sure, about certain topics.

Critical in conversation.

I try not to criticize individuals too much, but I frequently criticize ideas.

Harsh facial expressions.

Yeah, people usually think I'm angry when I just have my neutral face on. I'm not going to start walking around with a smile for no reason, so not much I can do about it.