Sexologist Theories (Pg182)

"Sexologists' Theories of masculine, independent women being inverted men and not true women came right at the point in the nineteenth century when women began to have opportunities to live independently of men, which threatened the institution of marriage, since is women "gained all the freedom feminists agitated for, what would attract them to marriage?"


I believe that any woman who is independent is a strong woman. Nowadays we do not need men to survive. There are single mothers out there who can provide for themselves and their child or children without the help of a man. There are divorced or separated women who do not need a man to pay her bills or help her out. I would like to think of myself as an independent woman, although I have a boyfriend, I do not depend on him for everything I do. Of course it is nice to lean on someone else once in awhile and I thank God that he has blessed me with such a great guy, but at the same time I don't expect him to always be here. I like to be independent and do things on my own. Women have come so far from where we were. We are able to go to school and get an education, we can vote, and best of all we have freedom of speech and are able to speak our minds without being reprimanded for doing so. I think men nowadays find independent women attractive, no one wants a clingy wife or girlfriend. Just because we are independent or some of us may be more masculine than others, does not make us any less marriage material. I chose this picture of the "We Can Do It" poster because we can do anything we set our mind too. We do not need to be married to be considered a woman. How do you guys feel about the sexologists' theories?