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The author emphasizes a key metaphor: the human body as an instrument, with male and female instruments representing different capacities. Femininity, he argues, is rooted in creativity and surrender, not the pursuit of power, which is traditionally masculine. Artistic process, pregnancy, motherhood—these are acts of surrender, a giving of oneself, which define true femininity.
He criticizes the prevailing feminist ideology that equates empowerment with power over others, framing that as a male value—dominance and control—which is contrary to what truly fulfills women.