Conversation

Fairly serious question: what does it mean to "feel like a woman?" Are there elements of this that are separate from 'being female,' and if so what are they - are we just talking about old sex-role stereotypes? Input welcome, especially from women.

141

338

Aella

@Aella_Girl

Replying to

@wil_da_beast630

I don't have an internal felt sense of gender, and based on my polling around 20-40% of people don't either, depending on how u define it/to what extent. I imagine it feels like the opposite of how it feels uncomfortable to wear a fashion style you don't like

12:26 AM · Dec 24, 2022

3,742

Views

Replying to

I don't either, and I feel like a lot of people are stretching to say they do. I vaguely feel like an "adult male warrior" or some such - less than when I was fit - but this is because I...am.

Show replies

Replying to

and

I usually feel nothing. But then I win I see a gorgeous woman or win at sports and it's just a flood of "oh yeah. forgot about that."

Replying to

and

Does it feel uncomfortable to wear a fashion style you don't like? In what way?

Replying to

and

I do feel male, but deeper / abstractly I just feel human? Eventually I would think we all feel ‘just human’ at some level. Gender is a part, not a whole