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Feminism and its Enemies-Part 2: Femininity and the cult of Pseudo Empowerment


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Femininity is a social and cultural construct that encompasses the qualities, behaviors, and characteristics traditionally associated with women. It refers to the set of societal expectations, norms, and ideals surrounding womanhood and feminine expression. These traits which are associated with femininity are not bad or not something which a woman should not have or aspire to, the problem though starts when a woman is supposed to have them by the virtue of them being a woman and men are supposed to must not have them and they have a separate list of traits meant for just them. In this part, I would discuss how feminniity has been falsely fed as an alternative to feminism and how it is nothing but empowerment.

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Life, Universe and Everything!By Naveen Kumar Chandra