#femininity discourse

[theweeklydiscourse]

In discussions about makeup/femininity and choice feminism, l've noticed this pattern where people start to take on a kinda childlike attitude when they're pressed on the societal factors that shape their behaviours. Stuff like: “Well, I just like the pretty sparkles!” Or “Wydm shaving my legs is a behaviour enforced by patriarchy? Idk I just love being smooth.” Like…you sound like you’re five years old.

[andsheoverthinks]

personally, i think something the femininity discourse is missing is that some things considered feminine aren't inherently oppressive, they're only sneered at because women do them. for example, teaching and nursing are incredibly important professions crucial to society's basic functioning but because they're associated with women (feminine) people don't respect them. in the early days of computing, many programmers were women (including the very first computer programmer Ada Lovelace and the female programmers who worked on the calculations for the first moon landing).

if men never took over CS, would people be disparaging programming and making fun of 'girly hobbies like making a tic-tac-toe game to play with your friends in Python?'

[a 'feminine' profession]