*culture is not optional

Conversation: “Women’s Worlds”

by The *cino Community

As a means of expanding the content of this issue beyond what’s been submitted by our contributors, I invite you to join in with your comments and links below.  You can respond directly to the questions or to another topic related to the issue theme.  If you have a longer response to the current issue that you’d like to submit for consideration as an article, please feel free to send it my way by the Tuesday after the issue is published.

Over to you for your ideas, struggles, resources and stories…

-k. vg-r

• What do you think of when you hear the term “feminine”?  Is it a positive or negative term for you?  Have you had to try to shift your thinking in some way?
• What did your mother and grandmothers teach you about what it means to be a woman?  Have you embraced or struggled against this image?

your comments

Ivor
Nov 22 2008
09:31 AM

Linguistically speaking, “feminine” means having “female” attributes, so when I hear this word, it conjurs images of “the feminist movement” of the 1960’s, whereas the word female is OK! Feminism IS a negative term for me in the sense that it epitomizes a tension between the sexes. I have tried to change my thinking , but find most women to be manipulative, by choice or necessity, I do not know! My mother and grandmother, were mainly homebodies, and that has taught me “Good Housekeeping.” I have embraced this image, and now it is helping me to survive!

lycidas116
Nov 22 2008
06:23 PM

You may be unique in your perception of the word “feminine” Ivor. I would venture to say that most people would here “feminine” and think of good attributes, perhaps even the opposite of the feminist movement.