Being Strong

[LelaK]

Does being strong seem too masculine? I like to be fairly strong, but not muscular. I was working part-time doing labor the last 3 years for a friend in New Hampshire. I did some hard work and I seemed to be stronger than he is, though I've never tried to be strong. I just got that way from growing up on a farm and doing a lot of hard chores. I didn't do much hard work since my teens for the most part. My brothers are actually stronger than I am, probably because they do harder work. But I was surprised how strong I've been these recent years. I like to do outdoor work, but I've mostly only done gardening. But last year I dug a bunch of trenches and hauled lots of wood and split wood by hand and was able to lift large pieces.

I only mention this because it seems non-feminine. But I don't really like to think of feminine as weak either. I'm attracted to feminine women but also to masculine women, if they're not too muscular.

What got me to thinking about this is an episode I saw last year or so on a tv show called "A Thousand Ways to Die". They claim the stories are true, but a lot of them seem quite far-fetched. In one episode a strong black man, who was a boxer I think, was cross-dressing after work coming out of a place where his fight occurred it seems, out of a back door late at night, and another guy saw this good-looking chic dressed up real pretty and he tried to abduct her to rape her or something. But the CD gave him a hard upper cut to the jaw and it killed him. The actor who portrayed the CD looked quite pretty in his dress, which is kind of a brain-teaser, I think.

I get the impression that many CDs probably don't have a problem being strong. But then what about muscular? For some reason, big muscles don't appeal to me.

[Angela Campbell]

I prefer to be strong in my mind. I have never been too muscular and no desire to be.

[DeeArel]

I have done hard physical work for years doing constant heavy lifting. It has only made me more feminine as it allowed me the means to fill my closet with wonderful dresses.

[noeleena]

Hi.

Im a builder, so had to be strong yet light weight depending on what you call light weight as a gymnast quick as agile & yet very strong my body mass was more like a woman yet i could do things other far stronger men could not do, so depends on were your strengh is, im not a he man never was my body is as a woman.well thats my point i am a woman. not compleate yet still a female / woman.from birth.

Okay im 65 do not do what i used to biked 300 miles every week as well. hills as well. worked on farms pretty much did the lot.

Oh & my weight is allmost the same as it was 46 years ago. 11 stone = 154 lb's ,

sorry i cant do the chic thing , im just a woman,

so this non feminine detail what about our land girls oh dear'e me......youd be pushing that hard. had you seen our girls / women, they could take the guys on any day. the guys did not wont them to.. hmmm i wonder why.

You seen our women builders, im one...

...noeleena...

[kimdl93]

Its ok to be strong and feminine. I actually like women that are kinda buff.

[Tora]

Staying fit without looking like a Calif. Governor is good.

[Foxglove]

In my youth I did some weight-lifting. Eventually I got my arms to where they looked like spaghetti. I thought I'd probably never make the macaroni stage, so I gave it up.

[Gillian Gigs]

It's ok to be strong, as long as it isn't your body odor. LOL. I have often said to my wife that most "buff" women look better than the muscle bound male weight lifters. I lift weights for muscle tone, and my wife also lifts weights for good muscle tone. I have a cousin who is a physiotherapist, I wouldn't want to arm wrestle her! Her upper body strength is only obvious when she wears a strapless gown, and she still does.