to complicate this along gender lines for fun, when i first read your first sentence i totally reversed the descriptions since it’s rugged and masculine to tackle problems and elegant and feminine to tolerate them. per a random edgy tumblr i follow:
that sounds more “rugged” than “elegant” by your definitions, no?
I think these things mostly split along gender lines but there are many exceptions, just like pretty much everything else about gender.
to complicate this along gender lines for fun, when i first read your first sentence i totally reversed the descriptions since it’s rugged and masculine to tackle problems and elegant and feminine to tolerate them. per a random edgy tumblr i follow:
that sounds more “rugged” than “elegant” by your definitions, no?
I also read that little edgy story and thought at the time that sentence made no sense.
I still think that.