day be non-existent. I am a very sensitive person and people may attribute that to me being of the female gender, but in reality it doesn't have to be that way. People are branded as feminine or masculine by their actions, their emotions, and their physica

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l traits. I find myself defining gender along with society. I myself have stated many times how for instance, women body builders have very masculine builds. I have also made many other similar comments conforming to the way society stereotypes femininity and masculinity. I have never sat back and tried to think of what it would be like if women typically were very muscular like a bodybuilder. Would the bodybuilding men be considered "very feminine looking"? Society stereotypes people in this way because it is a way to categorize and define people. By saying a woman is masculine it is insinuating that their physical build is not that of the "typical" female. Society's typical female is definitely evolving, and has come along !

way but has a long way to go still. Femininity to me is a way to state that a female is very old fashioned. If someone said to me, "she looks so girlie" my first thought would be the girl in question is wearing some little pink dress with lace or something frilly. I think this, because I don't think of a modern woman when someone refers to someone as feminine. I also usually think of femininity as a way to describe someone is wearing or how they are acting. A very feminine person to me would be very reserved with very old-fashioned morals, and I may refer to someone of that description as being "girlie" as well. So, in my opinion if someone said that I was a girlie person. I wou

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