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Femininity, in essence, is a romantic sentiment, a nostalgic tradition of im
Femininity, in essence, is a romantic sentiment, a nostalgic tradition of im
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2025-03-27
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Femininity, in essence, is a romantic sentiment, a nostalgic tradition of imposed limitations. Even as it hurries forward in the 1980s, putting on lipstick and high heels to appear well dressed, it trips on the ruffled petticoats and hoopskirts of an era gone by. Invariably and necessarily, femininity is something that women had more of in the past, not only in the historic past of prior generations, but in each woman’s personal past as well in the virginal innocence that is replaced by knowledge, in the dewy cheek that is coarsened by age, in the "inherent nature" that a woman seems to misplace so forgetfully whenever she steps out of bounds. But biological femaleness is not enough.
Femininity always demands more. It must constantly reassure its audience by a willing demonstration of difference, even when one does not exist in nature, or it must seize and embrace a natural variation and compose a rhapsodic symphony upon the notes. To fail at the feminine difference is to appear not to care about men, and to risk the loss of their attention and approval. To be insufficiently feminine is viewed as a failure in core sexual identity, or as a failure to care sufficiently about oneself, for a woman found wanting will be appraised (and will appraise herself) as mannish or simply unattractive, as men have defined these terms. We are talking, admittedly, about a graceful feeling. Enormous pleasure can be extracted from feminine pursuits as a creative outlet or purely as relaxation; indeed, indulgence for the sake of fun, or art, or attention, is among femininity’s great joys. But the chief attraction is the competitive advantage that femininity seems to promise in the endless struggle to survive, and perhaps to triumph. The world smiles favorably on the feminine woman: it extends little courtesies and minor privilege. Yet the nature of this competitive advantage is ironic, at best, for one works at femininity by accepting restrictions, by limiting one’s sights, by choosing an indirect route, by scattering concentration and not giving one’s all as a man would to his own interests. It does not require a great leap of imagination for a woman to understand the feminine principle as a grand collection of compromises, large and small, that she simply must make in order to render herself a successful woman. If she has difficulty in satisfying femininity’s demands, if its illusions go against her grain, or if she is criticized for her shortcomings and imperfections, the more she will see femininity as a desperate strategy of consolation, a strategy she may not have the wish or the courage to abandon, for failure looms in either direction.
It is fashionable in some quarters to describe the feminine and masculine principles as polar ends of the human continuum, and to represent that both polarities exist in all people. Sun and moon, yin and yang, soft and hard, active and passive, etc., may indeed be opposites, but a linear continuum does not illuminate the problem. (Femininity, in all its contrivances, is a very active endeavor.) What, then, is the basic distinction? The masculine principle is better understood as a driving ethos of superiority designed to inspire straightforward, confident success, while the feminine principle is composed of vulnerability, the need for protection, the formalities of obedience and the avoidance of conflicting, in short, an appeal of dependence and good will that gives the masculine principle its romantic validity and its admiring applause.
Femininity pleases men because it makes them appear more masculine by contrast; and, in truth, conferring an extra portion of unearned gender distinction on men, an unchallenged space in which do breathe freely and feel stronger, wiser, more competent, is femininity’s special gift. One could say that masculinity is often an effort to please women, but masculinity is known to please by displays of mastery and competence while femininity pleases by suggesting that these concerns, except in small matters, are beyond its intent. Whimsy, unpredictability and patterns of thinking and behavior that are dominated by emotion, such as tearful expressions of sentiment and fear, are thought to be feminine precisely because they lie outside the established route to Success. [br] What is the author’s attitude towards femininity?
选项
A、The author appreciates the femininity of women and regrets the loss of it with the development of the society.
B、The author feels that femininity is unfairly imposed on women and is better to be disposed of.
C、The author thinks that it a necessary quality of women to survive the fierce competition of the world.
D、The author holds that the biological differences should be respected, like the differences between sun and moon, yin and yang, soft and hard, et
答案
B
解析
文章第二段说“the nature of this…is ironic”,因为“femininity is unfairly imposed on women”,暗示这是不公平且应当废除的,因此B项符合题意。
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