Being a submissive AND a feminist?

[thir]

And the argument that some will make about women's "natural" submissiveness? I think that goes back to our relational outlook - we emphasis relationships and are willing and able to compromise in order to interact harmoniously with others, rather than focusing on being the "winner" in interactions.

It has been my experience that, in general, women co-operate much more with each other than men do with men. Men, in general, seem to keep competing with each other. I have noted that in groups with dominant women this pattern persists, although there can be some posturing.

I guess that in mixed groups this means that women can come across as submissive compared to the men, because they do not to the same degree focus on their own status but rather on the job to be done.

Is this a function of biology and how our brains work (differently from men) or how we are raised? I don't know the answer to that - I suspect it's a combination of the two.

I wonder about that too. I see people as people more than women and men, but this difference I have come across so often I had taken it in. However, in some - very safe - groups, it has been different. So I think maybe some biology but probably mostly the way we are raised, also because it is so very different in various cultures.

But in everyday life, it doesn't matter. We are all individuals, and we all have the gift of choosing how to conduct and identify ourselves. That is the greatest blessing of all, and one that I do believe came about for women as a result of the feminist movement.

Yes! :-))
Freedom for everyone, men and women alike, that's the ticket!
And a hard boiled egg.

(Sorry, that was for Pratchett fans.)