It's incredible how much this varies by region and culture.
I'm not sure that I have an answer to this question. I've struggled with my own notion of womanhood, or with my own experience, and at best, I am working to come to terms with who I am as a person.
I know there are expectations about who and how women should be and live, some of which are hypocritical and double-edged swords types of expectations, but then again that can be said about most social expectations.
I think part of being a 'modern' woman in Western culture is the idea of being independent and self-reliant.
A modern woman is independent, capable of being self-sufficient, realizes the value of education and is a self aware human being with an ability to make good (in context) choices. Same goes for a man, really.
So men and women are considered the same, treated the same, experience the world in the same way, etc.? No differences?
No.
What I said is my general view of what a modern individual would be like.
That is, more or less an ideal form of some (would be) shared characteristics.
Ah, ok. Well, i was hoping to get a more specific description based on what each person feels about being man or woman today. I think most people are probably aware of the general expectations or rights of each person.
I was curious about the specifics of gender, aspects which we are not often discussed.
It's incredible how much this varies by region and culture.
I'm not sure that I have an answer to this question. I've struggled with my own notion of womanhood, or with my own experience, and at best, I am working to come to terms with who I am as a person.
I know there are expectations about who and how women should be and live, some of which are hypocritical and double-edged swords types of expectations, but then again that can be said about most social expectations.
I think part of being a 'modern' woman in Western culture is the idea of being independent and self-reliant.
Could you elaborate? How do YOU define being a woman today?
I was hoping to get a sense of the way women today would describe what it means to be a woman, from a personal perspective since each person will probably have different or unique perspectives, rather than assuming that we all think, feel, or understand things the same simply because we are women.
What bugs me about expectations of woman today is that you're expected to be overtly and overly, confident to indicate that you're confident and capable. I see arrogance being used to convey intelligence and competence. Apparently, a truly confident woman walks around with a "don't mess with me" vibe.And if you seem too open or expressive or not very competitive; if you're too accommodating, you're probably not as competent or aware. Because if you really knew or understood how things were, you'd act like an arrogant know it all too. I mean, is this what we want confidence to look like?
Just an opinion . . . feel free to counter![]()