Unlearn internalized misogyny in your writing.
Femininity is not weakness
Softness is not bad
It is possible to enjoy both traditionally male activities and traditionally female activities
Other women are not amoral temptresses or rivals
There’s nothing wrong with a woman knowing she’s attractive
There’s nothing wrong with a woman wanting to be attractive
Attractiveness has no bearing on sexual desire or history
Being sexually active has no bearing in a woman’s morals or character
Not being sexually active has no bearing in a woman’s morals or character
Weight is not a value judgment
Attractiveness is not a value judgment
Able-bodiedness is not a value judgment
The ability to bear children has no bearing on womanhood
The desire or decision whether to have children has no bearing on womanhood
Women can and do support each other, even when they’re working towards different goals
Women can be friends even when they want different things
Thin white women don’t have exclusive rights to femininity
Butch women are just as validly women
Queer women are just as validly women
Women can be as vicious, cruel, petty, racist, homophobic, misogynistic, and abusive as men, and they shouldn’t be excused from it because of their gender
Being a woman has nothing to do with genitals, chromosomes, or physical presentation
louDER FOR THE RP COMMUNITY IN THE B A C K.
Male characters don’t have the monopoly on being full-fledged people with a full range of human behaviors and emotions.
