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>considered unfeminine It's interesting to note, though, that it is only considered unfeminine by other women.

In a school with an all-black or all-female population, academic achievement is not defined as nonblack or unfeminine.

The behaviors you describe above are neither 'unmasculine' or 'unfeminine'.

I'd say the problem is less that being technologically adept is low-status, and more that the problem is that being technologically adept/geeky/mathematical/mechanical is considered unfeminine.

And yes, in the same way being unmasculine men are not highly valued by women, unfeminine women are not highly valued by men.

If it is normal for women not to want to do programming then the corollary is that women who do enjoy programming are 'abnormal' and 'not like most women', perhaps you could call it 'unfeminine'.

In particular, it's not seen as so thoroughly unfeminine.

[...] raising one’s voice in an argument, and even laughing loudly are considered distinctly unfeminine.

Yet, how many times have I seen black women depicted in the media as boorish, unfeminine, annoying, unhealthy, or angry?

In fact, this is more likely the more permitting society becomes of women in the workplace, because working will seem less and less unfeminine the more it's shown that women can hold their own.

Aggression is unfeminine; it scares off or alienates males; our culture models being the kidnapped princess awaiting rescue (still true in most movies, games, etc.), not the hero on the horse.

When black women are unfairly stereotyped as having unfeminine characteristics, and when Asian men are unfairly stereotyped as being nerdy, then it hurts them when competing in a dating marketplace where many people across racial and ethnic groups unfortunately hold stereotypical views, sometimes even about their own ethnicities.

If your point of view is against sex work and "unfeminine" attitudes towards sex (wtf does that even mean anyway), it seems to me that you are being misogynist and quite possibly oppressive.

A woman that does what she needs to get what she deserves runs the risk of being called a "bitch" or, at the very least, being thought of as unfeminine.

Which is exactly Chomsky's point -- and the point of the contemporary writers and labor organizers which he is citing: The Lowell girls' organizing efforts were notable not only for the "unfeminine" participation of women, but also for the political framework used to appeal to the public.

They are maybe called unfeminine but usually it's just something like "she's type A." Women who are loud in the sense that they complain constantly about small things and provoke arguments which they try to win by shrieking as loud as possible is the definition of a shrew.