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Femininity?!!
Well, I wanted to know so I bought the book. Not to say that the book has all the answers, but I would like to know what has been said about the subject over time. I did, literally, buy the book entitled Femininity, by Susan Brownmiller. It cost me minimal dollars on Amazon, as I purchased a used form of the book. While reading through it, I was captivated by a few lines at the top of page 33.
She writes:
...Furthermore, breasts, hips, stomach and thighs, the familiar places where fat cells collect, do not necessarily expand in uniform proportion; genetic differences among women are rife. Yet nearly every civilization has sought to impose a uniform shape upon the female body...
Truly, Femmes I empathize with these words. There is a box that the world is trying to shove our physical individuality into and, in all truth, it is never going to happen. We are women of many walks of life and from many lines of Femmes. No two Femmes are the same. So, why does society dare to limit the physical beauty of multi-magnificent women?
© September 5, 2009 Brittany Mitchell
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Add CommentBrittany Mitchell (Author) wrote:
I wonder. I wonder if this is another distraction technique. Let me explain. If the powerful Femme is focused on her appearance can she focuson saving her children from dumb-nation presented by the public schools system? Can she save her husband from financial distress and economic servitude? Can she save herself from constant ridicule and depression? I think that making our bodies our enemy is ingenious. If our ultimate battle is with the face we see first thing in the morning or with the body that we view countless times a day, then the immediacy of victory over our hovering foe becomes quintessential. I do not say this to knock a nice hairstyle or down play a wonderful makeup job. I love to see other women and myself look and feel utterly fabulous. I am just asking my sister Femmes to consider what they must be ignoring if they are obessing over a little friz or leg hair. Truly I ask, !!Can there be balance?!! Can a beautifully graceful Femme love her children and be invovled in their proper education, while tending to the home financial stability and still have a smile on her face because she is completely happy with her self image, inside and out. I don't know about you, ladies, but I want to be that women. I want to be able to have the strongest family base and be the finest Femme I know. (In no way do I mean that women should be in competion with each other, I mean being secure in my beauty where thoughts of less or greater do not come into play.)