• Replies 11 replies
  • Subscribers 84 subscribers
  • Views 2966 views
  • Users 0 members are here
Options
Related
Hints and tips
  • To quote someone's message, first select/highlight the relevant text, and then use the Quote button that appears
  • To "mention" someone, type @ followed by the start of the forum name, and choose from the list; that person will get a notification of being mentioned

Self-improvement through femininity

Roswell

Get in touch with your feminine side. Make a soup/stew with tofu. Because it lowers testosterone - helping reduce aggression and tension - and raises estrogen which unleashes feel-good chemicals in the brain. And put a bikini on too, if you're brave enough!

Parents

  • Well, I'm certainly not against that, as I live in a part of the World where tofu is a much more integral part of the diet. And having fairly recently had a testosterone test (as recommended by a GP who thought it might be a contributing factor) I can say that I seem to be in the usual range. On the other hand, I think you might say that I like to be in touch with the 'side' of me that favors informality and a distinct lack of flamboyance. I'm not going to call that my masculine side, because I think it is too much of a stereotype that a huge number of people  have never really fully related to. I kind of like my own changeability anyway. I suppose I nominally look like a person who favors the masculine side, and I do actually enjoy a lot of that, but perhaps it might be better to say that I favor my mechanic side.

Reply

  • Well, I'm certainly not against that, as I live in a part of the World where tofu is a much more integral part of the diet. And having fairly recently had a testosterone test (as recommended by a GP who thought it might be a contributing factor) I can say that I seem to be in the usual range. On the other hand, I think you might say that I like to be in touch with the 'side' of me that favors informality and a distinct lack of flamboyance. I'm not going to call that my masculine side, because I think it is too much of a stereotype that a huge number of people  have never really fully related to. I kind of like my own changeability anyway. I suppose I nominally look like a person who favors the masculine side, and I do actually enjoy a lot of that, but perhaps it might be better to say that I favor my mechanic side.

Children
  • in reply to Senor

    That's fair enough. Do bear in mind though that most people respond positively to a touch of flamboyance. I think it's related to public relations and marketing. I was reading about a man who emigrated from Central Europe to America in the early 1900s and made a lot of money with a science magazine he produced. He managed to market it as something that would get studious, technical people prestige and a milieu to engage with. It had a lot to do with ham radio.