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From: ray@rochester.UUCP (Ray Frank)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: what makes you feel feminine/masculine?
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Date: Thu, 10-Oct-85 14:21:08 EDT
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Posted: Thu Oct 10 14:21:08 1985
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> In article <32@ubc-cs.UUCP> andrews@ubc-cs.UUCP (Jamie Andrews) writes:
> >
> >     I find this amazing, though not necessarily bad.  Here in 1985,
> >on a newsgroup devoted to women's issues, women are still talking
> >about pampering themselves, wearing traditionally women's things,
> >and being irrationally emotional as the things which make them feel
> >feminine.
> >
> 
> I don't find this amazing at all.   For me, what the women's
> movement is about is not only embracing the "masculine role", but 
> continuing to value the "feminine role".   It is not enough to
> be accorded the freedom and privleges accorded to men; we
> need to *value* those aspects of ourselves which are considered
> "feminine" (and therefore devalued in the patriarchal society) as 
> well.  
> 
> I have some sympathy for you, Jamie.  The frustration will only
> end, however, when you are able to accept both the feminine and
> masculine aspects of your personality.
> 
> I feel "masculine" when I'm taking care of things myself:  the flat 
> tire on the car, leaky faucets, etc.  I feel "feminine" when I'm
> wearing silk, or lace; when I'm very dressed up, etc, but most
> especially when I'm rocking a baby to sleep.
> 
> Moira Mallison
> tektronix!moiram

Ahhhhh, you sound like my kind of woman.  Bravo.
Nothing wrong with being a mult-faceted person.