I think so many things are feeling like separate qualities from gender these days. Which genders you are attracted to, where you sit on the butch-femme scale, what genitalia you have, your personal independence, your leadership skills, where you sit on the kindness scale, etc, that we are left having a harder time saying what gender itself is. Men especially, because if it doesn’t rest in being superior, many are grasping at what being male is. I’m unsure why, as a single, childless cat lady who is her own boss, I’ve never felt unsure of my womanliness.
I think so many things are feeling like separate qualities from gender these days. Which genders you are attracted to, where you sit on the butch-femme scale, what genitalia you have, your personal independence, your leadership skills, where you sit on the kindness scale, etc, that we are left having a harder time saying what gender itself is. Men especially, because if it doesn’t rest in being superior, many are grasping at what being male is. I’m unsure why, as a single, childless cat lady who is her own boss, I’ve never felt unsure of my womanliness.
What a great point: “I’m unsure why, as a single, childless cat lady who is her own boss, I’ve never felt unsure of my womanliness.”
Ah thanks Tracy for the kind words about Boymom. Great piece!