Liz Smith | 08/09/2009 11:00 pm
The Racy Way Liz Smith Spots Authenticity
In response to: What is the meaning of 'authenticity' to you? At what age did you truly feel authentic?
My head hurts. I don’t want to define "authenticity." Let’s just say that like pornography, I know it when I see it!
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Dear Liz,
Sorry about the headache. Honest. But I believe you really do "know it" and "call it" when you see it. You’re a great lady.
Authenticity for me, means….being able to be myself, who I am whether at home or in public. I am married and I don’t have my spouse’s last name. I’ve been called Mrs. J. Doe. I’ve been called a "lady", a ‘girl’ and….a ‘guy’ none of which are acceptable to me.
I am not social equal to those who know me or my spouse or just him. Because we are a couple, I belong to him. I am socially profiled. I am personally a feminist but not in public because I get looks that tell me women in particular, don’t know what the BLANK I’m talking about. I’m my authentic self, but only in private. Some people I deal with on a fairly regular basis, know I have a separate last name.
I can’t express my real feelings to my spouse about our relationship, therefore, in that respect, I am not being my authentic self. There’s a subtle controlling going on and so I am not my authentic self. I have great insight according to my psychotherapist, yet my spouse doesn’t have the same. I’m my authentic self, only to myself, privately, not with relatives on either side of the in-law dynamic.