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Old 06-25-2011, 09:39 PM   #167
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Originally Posted by DamselFly View Post

i do think that femmes get judged both ways by the way they dress, and that there IS a hierarchy from "High femme" being the Queen Bee, so to speak, and "low femme" being seen as an androgyne in hiding, though if you're "High femme", you sometimes get castigated for being "too straight" and "low femme", you're not seen at all.

DamselFly
Is there a hierarchy? I purposefully don't use a modifier before the word "femme" because usually high or low or whatever was ascribed TO ME by well-meaning friends or partners. It perpetuates the idea that being femme is all about our appearence.
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