That’s All I’ve Got
Is it tragic that i only own two pairs of shoes? I know i’m not the only female who is like this but it has been difficult on my perception of gender identity to constantly receive input from sources like media that presents women as shoe-junkies.
I can respect other women’s need have an entire closet dedicated to shoes (hey, a tonnage of so many different clothes even) but i can’t understand or relate to the “why”. It makes me feel left-out or on the “outside”, that i’m not as-female/feminine for being how i am. Actually, it’s more than just things like clothes and shoes that make me feel like that.
Not only do i feel estranged with my gender identity but my cultural identity is exactly the same too. Always living in the middle of two different worlds like a juxtaposition.
A. said,
November 4, 2007 @ 9:31 am
Interesting you should feel like that - I do too. Not especially over shoes but more because I really don’t look how fashion has ever decreed “feminine” women should look during my lifetime. I think you have read some of Papillon’s posts. I don’t know if you ever got as far as “The great femininity mystery” but it’s quite interesting and with the comments it does show how other people feel the same. Reading it again just now, I realise it wasn’t one of my better translations. I’ll have to give it another go.
R’acquel: Actually, it doesn’t surprise me that we feel similar as I’ve noticed we’ve both shared similar feelings on other issues. You made perfect sense to me!