posted June 29, 2016 05:54 PM            

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Originally posted by PixieJane:
Princess vs. Queen, youthful innocence vs. feminine power:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDjxkhRj19Q&feature=youtu.be&t=6m52s

This goes to about the 10 minute mark (thus about 3 minutes long).

Also, posted a week ago (as of this time) from someone who believes that women should be passive and all that:

I only point that out as a balance to believing that it's misogynistic to say women can be empowered without just accepting all in unconditional love.

'Course there are many types of femininity as there is masculinity. Men can be nurturing and self-sacrificing with unconditional love (for better and worse) while women can be commanding who take charge of their own destinies (for better and worse). And they can also be both. Subjective words are often used to describe this which are based on the gender of the one with the quality rather than the quality itself (and try to focus on one aspect as if that was the whole person rather than just a part), which reinforces the illusions of gender rather than reveal the truth of the human condition. (The situation also matters, like a man self-sacrificing with unconditional love for a wife will typically be described in negative terms, unless it's a sitch described in some country song, while a man doing the same for a military commander in a war who goes on a suicide mission will be praised for his bravery, as just one example.) So explore it intellectually as much as emotionally and intuitively.

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posted June 29, 2016 08:41 PM            

I love the point you make about female receptivity.

Yang force and yin force

I believe in the power of passivity...letting things pass through you. Of course, there is a time for yang, energetic behavior, fighting and striving...