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I keep forgetting I have this little impairment that kind of, oh you know, pumps brain altering hormones into my body. Silly uterus.
For some reason I think that I need to keep up, that I need to be tough, that I can not back down. I need to change that... quickly. I am very close to completely breaking myself in a few different ways and I am too good to let that happen.
I am a beautiful, strong, independent woman.
But I am also soft, and sweet, and vulnerable.
I have spent far too much time having guys tell me these are bad qualities. I am done.
I am a girl and dammit, I am going to act like it.
Not going shot for shot with the boys, not pretending someone being an ass doesn't bother me and letting them keep it up, not letting men treat me like crap.
Trust me, you will appreciate it when it stops coming to a head and having me freak out.
Happy New Years Lovies.
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I've come to this realization myself. All the traits that have been deemed "feminine" are synonymous with "bad", so in protest, we have chosen to toughen ourselves up. We get to the point where wearing a dress either makes us a hippie or a sex symbol, where wearing makeup deems us fake and shallow, and before you know it, you're "one of the guys", watching the dudes fiend over the very women they demean. They keep saying that women are confusing and crazy, but they don't even consider us as an option, since, you know, we're "one of them".
But aren't there many "masculine" traits that are unhealthy, too? Shouldn't guys be striving to be more soft, sweet, but strong? Not while their peers (and love interests!) taunt them for their supposed weaknesses... oh, and stupid things like "man rules" exist...
Gender roles piss me off to no end. Sympathy, empathy, and sensitivity are not weaknesses- they are strengths that allow us to better communicate with one another, not to mention *treat* each other better.
I'm witchu grrrrl! And in reference to the "shot for shot" thing, I shall paraphrase Harto of My Drunk Kitchen:
"Guys are always like 'oohhh I can drink you under the table!'. I'm like, 'First off, I *have* been drinking under the table. Second- duh! You're like, twice my body weight! I bet I can... out... fit-into-tiny-spaces you!"
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