A man who’s not what he seems is layered, mysterious. But a woman who’s not what she seems is dangerous and deceptive, because of this cultural hindbrain idea that men - and indeed, other women -should instantly be able to “know” a woman just by looking at her.
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This is where toxic femininity leans on the patriarchy to judge female “goodness” by external markers like clothes, cosmetics, hair & the contextual performance of things like submissiveness and smiling. If a woman makes you *think* about her beyond these, she’s failed at them.
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A monstrous woman cannot be predicted by her looks, because they’re contradicted by her personality. A monstrous woman makes you think about her motives - makes you *think of her presentation as performance,* which breaks the unwritten rule - because she is more than seeming.
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You might find Roszika Parker's *The Subversive Stitch* intriguing for a discussion of how women's interiority can be threatening, particularly when paired with self-containment. https://www.amazon.com/Subversive-Stitch-Embroidery-Making-Feminine/dp/1350132292/ref=asc_df_1350132292/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=343221079596&hvpos=1o1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=12642081953118705877&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9031935&hvtargid=pla-779252898146&psc=1&tag=&ref=&adgrpid=67797265903&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvadid=343221079596&hvpos=1o1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=12642081953118705877&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9031935&hvtargid=pla-779252898146 …
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