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Because she's describing what is more accurately self-effacing stoicism, and subservience, not precisely "softness"? Endurance and self-sacrifice are not soft.
by SideburnsOfDoom 5y ago
Because she's describing what is more accurately self-effacing stoicism, and subservience, not precisely "softness"? Endurance and self-sacrifice are not soft.
e.g.:
> A good Asian woman is supposed to shine dimly, like a moon, and reflect her husband’s sunlight.
Not that she's completely sold on that model either.
- CRConrad 5y ago> > A good Asian woman is supposed to shine dimly, like a moon, and reflect her husband’s sunlight. > Not that she's completely sold on that model either. As I read it, that is the "softness" / "stoicism" she's talking about. She's just exemplifying.
- SuoDuanDao 5y ago>Endurance and self-sacrifice are not soft. I'm probably reading too much into this, but there tends to be a tradeoff between 'hardness' and 'toughness'. 'Endurance' requires some flexibility and ability to absorb/disperse energy that may require some degree of 'softness'.