Or rather, which of the following makes a female person less womanly?
a) wearing pants
b) having a "strong" personality (not to be confused with rudeness)
c) having athletic ability, or being physically strong, or built like a Mack truck (take your pick)
d) wearing her hair short
e) working outside the home
f) being good at carpentry
g) preferring crafts, nature study, mechanical things or other such things to dolls (in childhood)
h) not wearing makeup
i) being homely
j) having small breasts
k) not caring for lace
l) not caring to cook or bake (though obviously doing it anyway, so as not to starve)
m) being infertile
n) being amenorrheic
o) being homosexual
p) being a liar
q) cheating
r) stealing
s) gossiping
t) being purposely seductive of someone other than a marriage partner or serious prospect
u) being envious
v) backbiting
w) murdering
x) neglecting spouse or children
y) being slothful
z) abusing drugs or alcohol
Darn, I'm out of letters.
My short answer to the question: none of the above make a woman any less a woman, or less womanly. Some of the above make a woman not a very good person. Some of them are indicative of a woman being less than she can be, or less than one might say she was purposed to be...the question is, which ones? Some of them are part of what being a woman may be, legitimately, regardless of what kind of a person she is. Again, which ones, is the question.
