“JOY IN WHICH IS THE MEASURE OF FEMININITY.”
Such a succinct quote, and the key idea behind all the madness of misogyny.
Men monopolized everything that is human— ambition, desire for freedom, self-expression, intellect, the pursuit of knowledge, traits of humanness— and assigned whatever was left to us.
Because of course, we must by nature be their opposites. They assign themselves as naturally assertive, dominant— and so women must be naturally meek, submissive. They assign themselves the qualities of a leader— so women must be natural followers, weak of mind.
They grant themselves the full spectrum of emotional expression (perhaps except for sadness/weakness)— so they can be ambitious, career-driven, selfish, excited, hungry, ugly, confident, even arrogant, and untouched in their natural body— so women must be the walking dolls, shaved, painted, small both in physique and personality, tottering around in heels, and of course always elegant and beautiful because loudness and ugliness are the worst crimes a woman can commit.
And so when we act human, they say we act like men.
When we act human, we are “unfeminine”—fundamentally broken women. Something must be wrong with us. Because femininity = womanhood.
Because they said so.
Because it benefits them to have a 24/7 submissive bangmaid.
Once you see the circularity of this pathetic desperate farce, that modern femininity is man-made and man-enforced, a performance that was never inherent to us— you can’t unsee it.
Never let them tell you that your place is wherever they say it is— because 100% of the time, that place will only ever serve them.
