You're missing some characteristics in your original post - playing an instrument, singing, painting, cross-stitch, knowing what to order to stock the larder, running the household staff, being able to produce an heir, etc. That is, it seems as if many of your points are to describe the characteristics one would want to possess in order to attract a husband in bygone days (I don't know enough about specifics for different eras to be able to more narrowly define my criteria).
At any rate, I possess many of the qualities that you listed and most that I listed and I have never particularly considered any of them to be what makes me a woman. Of course, I don't I've never actually spent much time considering my womanhood, as I have never had any doubts about my gender, or anything else about my person. I certainly have my insecurities, but they usually pass and have never been related to who I am at my core. I just occasionally forget that I can do anything that I set my mind to. When I remember that, life once again becomes good. [Ok, it isn't quite that simple, but I'm content with my lot at the moment and don't know if I want or am able to go back and analyze myself in less happy times.]
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on 2009-06-30 05:09 pm (UTC)At any rate, I possess many of the qualities that you listed and most that I listed and I have never particularly considered any of them to be what makes me a woman. Of course, I don't I've never actually spent much time considering my womanhood, as I have never had any doubts about my gender, or anything else about my person. I certainly have my insecurities, but they usually pass and have never been related to who I am at my core. I just occasionally forget that I can do anything that I set my mind to. When I remember that, life once again becomes good. [Ok, it isn't quite that simple, but I'm content with my lot at the moment and don't know if I want or am able to go back and analyze myself in less happy times.]