I'm really not clear on this feminine/masculine personality thing (other than obvious biology) and would like some hetero-CD comments.
I understand society's stereotypes & expectations of each gender and appreciate the negative feedback someone who crosses those fuzzy grey lines may receive. Many species of animal have the male colorful & decorated while the female is "drab". I'm not sure either gender of human w/o clothes could be considered more ornamental than the other, and I'm not questioning "feeling pretty" or sexuality.
Example: Several years ago the hubby & I had a month long debate over returning white bathroom fixtures and exchanging for bone at a $400 premium. White to bone?! You're kidding, right? But he wasn't & eventually we paid & returned to get bone in the new bathroom instead of white. Is that a "feminine" personality trait on his part - I really don't think so. I think he's just a perfectionist which is neither male nor female.
What I don't understand are the repeated comments by CDers that they want to be in touch, express, demonstrate the feminine side of their personality. Huh??? What components of your personality do you find feminine that can't be expressed because of your clothing? When in masculine mode of day to day life, do you really repress many reactions/responses to a given situation because you feel it's "unmanly"?