To be womanly is one thing, and one only; it is to be sensitive to man, to be highly endowed with the sex instinct; to be manly is to be sensitive to woman.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I get the male thing. I like being that for a woman. But I also like being a woman, too. I like being girly.
It is fatal to be a man or woman pure and simple: one must be a woman manly, or a man womanly.
For centuries, the question of men needing to comprehend women simply didn't arise. Men were valued according to how they measured up to the manly virtues.
Femininity in and of itself - and the feminine - can be not only privileged, but honored or worshipped.
There is a biological power that is intrinsic to the woman, to the female condition. Because you are able to give life. You are the reproducer of the species. Men feel very weak in front of a woman because a woman is capable of eliciting a number of instincts in a man. And that is what has made men very nervous about women.
To me the definition of true masculinity - and femininity, too - is being able to lay in your own skin comfortably.
What does it mean, being a woman?
To be meek, patient, tactful, modest, honorable, brave, is not to be either manly or womanly; it is to be humane.
I like my men to be manly, as you'll see from my books.
Most men are very attached to the idea of being male, and usually experience a lot of fear and insecurity around the idea of being a man. Most women are very identified with their gender, and also experience a tremendous amount of fear and insecurity.