Feminine Man, Manly Woman

Reminds me of the show "He's The Woman, She's The Man" and more recently, <<王的男人>>. In the former, Wing (Anita Yuen) cross-dressed in a bid to get close to her idol, Sam Koo (Leslie Cheung). The result was some comic episodes as Wing was mistaken to be a gay. For <<王>>, Lee Joon-ki, who played Gong-kil, watched "Farewell My Concubine" several times in order to learn how to sashay convincingly. Lee Joon-ki was most positively pretty in <<王>>! So much so that when I first saw him, I mistook him for a lady! *chuckles*

AD had said that every successful woman needs to have a bit of "man" in her. Essentially, that means that that successful woman has to possess that drive, ambition, those traits that are so commonly associated with masculinity. Can you imagine a woman CEO who's actually a sissy? I can't.

I do not take very well to guys who do not have that drive/ambition in them. Ster had chided Chuan for that lack. In her words, "If you want to anyhow study, anyhow pass, then you might as well anyhow get a job. Anyhow be a sweeper." This is not a derogatory remark belittling the contribution of blue collar workers as sweepers. Rather, it stands as a truth to the meritocratic society that we live in: work hard and your effort will be paid off.

All in all, I think that the best mix is to have a combination of "man" in a woman and vice-versa ie. a woman should have a bit of "man" in her (to succeed) and the man should have a bit of effeminacy in him-that bit of understanding and empathy to the people around him.