Your idea of feminity

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A question for the man here.
What is your ideal woman?

My ideal woman is caring, gentle, soft-spoken and affectionate.
I wouldn't mind if she is intelligent and successful as well.
 
Communicative, full stop.

It's a skillset men are usually more lacking and women are usually more adept.

In my experience, it's been the main root from which so many important branches were supported.
 
You would need to read all of my stories to see the many different characteristics of my idea of the ideal woman (my main female character). But a short summary topping the list would be the woman who is confident, intelligent, strong-willed, knows what she wants and isn't afraid to tell you, flirty, adventurous, and so many other things. I only write her physical attributes to placate those who need such descriptions to see the scene in their own minds. (Also, so the LW trolls don't come back with "So, she's a desperate ugly pig whore" comments.)

IRL, Physically, I only ask that she try to stay in good enough physical shape to keep up with me: kayaking, hiking up mountains, backpacking, helping carry heavy furniture or boxes when the kids are moving, etc (or at least as long as our backs and knees hold out).
 
I am attracted to women, who through no fault of their own, most other men find them intimidating.

It could be their projected self-confidence, their beauty, their intelligence, their compassion, or combinations of multiple factors. These women are most likely to be the ones confident, intelligent, and crazy enough to laugh at my sense of humor without making apologies for doing so. They are the ones that I treasure spending time with.
 
A question for the man here.
What is your ideal woman?

My ideal woman is caring, gentle, soft-spoken and affectionate.
I wouldn't mind if she is intelligent and successful as well.
Not sure why the question is limited to men...

Anyway, the most important characteristic from my POV is for a woman (or a man, or someone fluid) to be comfortable in their own skin. In my experience everything else flows from that.
 
To me "Femininity" is an ACTUAL WOMAN who is 100% comfortable in her own skin.

It does not mean dresses, panty hose, etc, etc.

That's my opinion though.
 
Maybe I'm obtruse, but is my idea of feminity really supposed to be similar to my picture of my ideal woman? Maybe it's a language thing, but I don't think they are necessarily the same?

Feminity reads like emphasis on typical 'female' features, but what if, for example, I personally prefer my lady to be not very lady-like?

My ideal woman is happy, and she also makes others feel happy.
Don't you want your ideal woman to embody the ideal of feminity ?
 
My ideal woman plays the cello.

I don't know why. She just does.
Perhaps an apocryphal story, the conductor turned the to female cellist who's rehearsal he wasn't satisfied with, and said, "You have a beautiful instrument between your leg, make good use of it!"
 
I'm conflicted about the thread title versus the question being posed. In my (Boomer) mind, "femininity" elicits a vision of a 1960s Donna Reed-portrayed housewife: somewhat demure, soft spoken, dresses and lace, always kind and gentle, no expressed opinions. Gooey nice, and pretty but not in a sexy way.

Not particularly my cup o' tea.

I've written my ideal female partner into several characters in my ongoing story about an executive type who accumulated a harem of beauties. First and foremost, my partner is a faithful friend. Not necessarily faithful in the sexual sense, but we're always there for each other. Devoted. She is highly intelligent, self-confident, comfortable in her own skin, has a great sense of humor, is slender and model-beautiful, joyous and playful, quick (but kind) to correct my transgressions, sexy and adventurous with it, and we share common interests but still have our own pursuits.

In so many words, my wife of 35 years.
 
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