Am I a Woman?
What is a woman? What am I?
When I was born, the doctor told my mom, “It’s a girl!” Growing up, I never thought about it — I was a girl, and then a woman, because what else could I be? I definitely wasn’t a boy or a man. Though, I did call myself a “tomboy” for a while when I was a kid.
What is a woman?
“An adult female person” — well, I suppose I fit that definition, since I’m now an adult, I have ‘female’ parts, and I’m a person. But that can’t be all that makes one a woman. That is bio-essentialist.
I’m an administrative assistant, and I’m pretty good at it. But what does that have to do with my gender?
I am a wife, but I’m a terrible housekeeper — I can cook, but I suck at cleaning.
#6 is where it really falls apart for me. What does it mean to have “feelings often attributed to women”? Is it cooking and cleaning? Because I mentioned I suck at cleaning. Is it being a good mother? I’m infertile. Is it liking boys/men? I’m bisexual.
