No, There Isn’t a Fine Line Between Childlike and Feminine
You’re just thinking like a pedophile
Lately, I’ve seen several people — both men and women — complaining that women these days want to be more like men.
Because they don’t shave. Or wear makeup. Or heels. They exercise regularly and are muscular. They want to do all these typically ‘manly’ activities — whatever that means.
I guess I check off a few boxes of this ‘Being More Like a Man’ list, too. And that’s apparently a problem.
‘Why can’t you just be more feminine?’
But when you ask people like this to define what ‘feminine’ means to them, they’ll essentially end up describing a child — both in terms of behavior as well as appearance.
‘Innocent, submissive, petite, with smooth skin and no body hair.’
Yeah, no — that’s definitely a child.
And while this response doesn’t surprise me anymore, it’s still disturbing. We’ve equated ‘femininity’ with traits occurring naturally only in children for far too long. But why is that? And is there really a fine line between childlike and feminine?
