1)What is it like being an F male in your culture? Does the dominance of thinking preference in men affect your interactions with other males?
2)Do you feel very different/challenged by your preference?
3)What defines the F male compared to the T male?
4)How are Fi males and Fe males different/similar?
5)Did you have to peel back a culturally imposed layer of Tness to realise you are an F? Do you often test as a T?
Discuss.
There are going to be severe variances in people's answers but I will answer from my experiences and views
1) I am usually labelled as a wimp or a sissy. I have also been accused of being gay a lot.I do not readily interact with other people to start with, but whether or not depended on the individuals. I do not like sports, do not like cars, I loathe crass humour or any joke that involved someone else's pain, I do not listen to much of the same music - although these may not necessarily be due to my F, at least not alone.
I got into some serious clashes of perspectives at times with some teenage guys at times though. I believe in taking consideration other people's feelings a lot and always looking for a way to mitigate other people getting hurt,and they did not really care about if what they did would have hurt or did hurt another person or living thing.
I also do not agree with any " brotherhood" philosophy. I believe that we are members of humanity. I would never place a higher degree of "allegiance" to a male over a female because of gender alone.
2) Do I feel challenged? No. In fact I will go as far as saying I enjoy my preference. I believe my F preference helps me to care for others, to make them feel appreciated. I always am sure to offer my thanks for whatever people do for me. The very idea of not making those that I love and care about feel loved and appreciated; or the very idea of not caring about people and their well being and not taking people's feelings into consideration sounds really weird and even wrong to me.
I sometimes probably exert a bit too much patience to people at time though. When people offend me, I rarely tell them because I do not want them to criticise me further, or for them to feel really bad. I also feel guilty for the slightest thing and sometimes apologise superfluously. Also there are times when I may walk pass an acquaintance or friend and feel as though something is wrong with them, and want to help them. But sometimes I feel as though by asking them if something is wrong, I may make them feel exposed and thus ashamed, and thus I may make things worse. I feel really guilty at those times.I also get worried a lot about my loved one's well being. If one of my family members feel unwell I get really worried and the feeling does not subside until I know that everything is going to be okay. I also feel unappreciated at times and I am hurt very easily. I also find it difficult to be " hard" on someone as I do not want to them to feel hurt or that they are undervalued. But as I said I am fine being a F.
3. Well the functions do.
4.The effect produced by the functions may relate to the person's own's views. In this thread I have seen that people articulated that they believed that Fe males are more accepting of the role but I personally do not relate to that statement. I believe in being an individual and in being myself. I do not place any worth on gender roles, as I view them as oppressive to people's holistic development and rights to being an individual.
5. No I pretty much always test as INFJ or INFP. That being said I believe that I have well developed Ti