If I had to define femininity in general terms, it would be youthful attractiveness, sexual availability, respectable submission, and minimum recalcitrance, i.e. backtalk, sarcasm, bytchyness, etc.Iceberg said:That raises an interesting point - what is feminine? Of course there's boobs, thighs, and big pretty eyes. But character-wise? I never really thought about feminine traits...I just know what I like when I see it.
That's just for starters of course. I'm sure everyone has their own checklist whether they realize it or not. The point is, these traits are not socially constructed; neither are the traits of strength, leadership, competition, physical ability, sexual prowess, and the like for men. But they CAN be mitigated by society, and that's what we're seeing in the US today.
We wouldn't even all be on this board if it weren't for the ultimate proof of this - Game and/or lack thereof - which plays to our masculine sides and females' feminine sides. The fact that this has to be done surreptitiously (and that so many men are clueless about it while feminists deny it even works) shows that we've pushed the envelope of "gender equality" about as far as it can go. But it also shows that those triggers and prompts are still there, even if law and social code have tried and failed to temper them.