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Enneagram Type 5 Board Archive Re: Typing and genderPosted by Heidi on August 09, 2000 at 18:48:55: In Reply to: Re: Typing and gender posted by Cory on August 05, 2000 at 19:23:43:
On a totally different line, being a female five has had effects on my "maternal instincts." My mother (6w7) and even my brother (2w3) report that seeing babies makes them (and I quote) "feel all melty inside." It seems to be okay that I wear skirts often (because they're comfortable) or bake cookies (because I enjoy creating in general), but I have always felt a little resentful that when I tell people that I don't intend to have children because I've thought of what goes into it and don't like the thought of such a loss of independence, that I get the impression that whoever it is thinks I am somehow less of a woman. Just because I can forsee what it would mean to my life as I know it, and because I don't much care for children to begin with, that makes me less feminine? It's not really very easy to explain myself on this issue. Laurence is right--it's tougher to be a female 5 (or 8)--even from a biological perspective.
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