"Formidable-femininity" is a type of women's gender performance that I found in a woman's self-defense class. As a kind of gender performance it differs from "conventional-femininity" in that it lacks those characteristics commonly associated with women: docility, passivity, and weakness. It does, however, involve qualities such as feminine fashion and sex appeal. Using gender performativity theories, Ethnomethodology and Practice Approaches I indicate ways in which it demonstrates women's social roles related to patriarchal power structures and "rape culture" gender arrangements. I,...
"Formidable-femininity" is a type of women's gender performance that I found in a woman's self-defense class. As a kind of gender performance it diffe...
