If I had been more self-conscious about being a woman, it would have stifled me.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
You'd be surprised how self-conscious a lot of women are. That's something I've witnessed firsthand.
In my career I have never felt that my being a woman was an obstacle or an advantage. I guess I've been oblivious.
I was always just so feminine. I don't think anyone who ever met me would describe me as a man.
Even back then, I exuded self-confidence, and that drives women crazy.
Almost all the ideas we have about being a man or being a woman are so burdened with pain, anxiety, fear and self-doubt. For many of us, the confusion around this question is excruciating.
I even felt like I liked guys better than women - that men were relevant and women weren't. It took me a while to realize I'd been socialized to have a slighting view of my own gender.
The excitement that you were feeling about a special, unique path for yourself as a woman is all part of your identification with and attachment to being female. And that's ultimately all ego.
Not only am I physically and emotionally attracted to women, I also wonder what being a woman would be like.
I never thought of myself as either a woman or a man. I thought of myself as a person who was born to a writer, who was doomed to be a writer.
I think that feminists have definitely underestimated the role that women have had historically. I think I would be insecure if I were to be a man; there's so much pressure on you.