Notes from Bali, on Women
I thought manipulation was an unhealthy masculine energy.
Strategic, calculated, moving pieces around a board. It seemed to fit. Masculine energy operates through action and outcome. It shapes circumstances. So manipulation, with all its orchestration, felt like it belonged there.
And feminine energy, by contrast, is honest. Vulnerable. Open. It asks for what it needs directly, trusting that showing up as itself is enough. Manipulation felt like the opposite of that. So masculine by default, right?
But then I reconsidered.
Because toxic femininity isn’t masculine. It isn’t strategic confidence either.
It’s something else entirely.
The “shadow” feminine.
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