Feminism and Diversity

La Lioness Priyanka

(53,866 posts) Sun May 27, 2012, 11:11 AM May 2012

Femme friendships [View all]

I was at a dinner yesterday with a bunch of friends when someone raised this question: butch girls have close butch friends and femme friends, but very few femmes have other close femme friends

I know that i have butch female friends, gay boy friends, straight female friends but i don't have any close femme friend.

So, for those of you who are femme identified, do you have many femme friends? if so, how did your friendship start? And if you don't, why is that?

(i have to go do a final, but i'll come check in on this later. wasn't sure where to post it, here or in the lgbt forum)

pri

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Femme friendships [View all] La Lioness Priyanka May 2012 OP

Are butch and femme, attempts to approximate hetero gender, or the natural order of pairings? WingDinger May 2012 #1

no. they are different gender expressions. why would you want to end them? La Lioness Priyanka May 2012 #2

There certainly is a thrust to end male gender strictures. WingDinger May 2012 #3

really? how so? La Lioness Priyanka May 2012 #4

WE talk about it in the Feminist and LGBT forums endlessly. WingDinger May 2012 #5

what do you mean breaking down gender walls though? an enforced androgyny? La Lioness Priyanka May 2012 #6

Speaking personally, I am both femme, and butch, at times WingDinger May 2012 #7

actually i was not alluding to femme exclusion from butch circles La Lioness Priyanka May 2012 #8

I guess the million dollar question is why? WingDinger May 2012 #9