Venus Williams

I believe that athletes - especially female athletes in the world's leading sport for women - should serve as role models.

American Tennis Player

Robert Frost

Being the boss anywhere is lonely. Being a female boss in a world of mostly men is especially so.

American Poet

Jain

When I like an artist, especially a female artist, I really try to support.

French Musician

Rainbow Rowell

In my mind, every single female character I've written is plus-size.

American Author

John Singleton

In 'Boyz N the Hood,' every female character was three-dimensional.

American Director

Ali Wong

It's very rare and unusual to see a female comic perform pregnant.

American Actress

Jorge Amado

I am like my characters - sometimes even the female ones.

Brazilian Writer

John le Carre

I've always had difficulties with female characters.

English Writer

John Lone

American Actor

Nahnatchka Khan

American Writer

Use 'female' to specifically describe gender when it's relevant to the context.

Gender-specific

'Female' applies to both people and animals, often in scientific or formal contexts.

Humans and Animals

The word 'female' is neutral, without positive or negative connotation.

Neutral Tone

Use as an adjective to describe traits traditionally associated with women.

Describing Characteristics

Use to describe roles or examples in non-biological contexts.

Non-biological Uses

In biology, 'female' describes reproductive functions. Best for scientific or educational writings.

Scientific Context

'Female' emphasizes the biological differences concerning reproduction.

Technical Specificity

In engineering, 'female' refers to the part into which another part is inserted.

Engineering Term

The term denotes how parts fit together, not to be confused with gender.

Compatibility

 Sometimes, she's just one of three babies her mother is caring for. A female kangaroo can often simultaneously support one inside her uterus and another in her pouch. In unfavorable conditions, female kangaroos can pause their pregnancies.

The three different ways...

 anything they want to do catherine johnson has taught me to believe in myself and my capabilities kathryn johnson was an amazing african-american female mathematician who changed the world because of catherine and nasa we've

NASA Trailblazer:...

 Up here on land, they're impossibly ungainly and out of place. But for these female elephant seals there's still one part of their life where they're totally bound to the land. They come here to give birth.

Just How BIG are...

 woman did sports they became professionals we had world's first female judge that was fully recognized to do anything as opposed to other parts of the world we had world's first female

Defying stereotypes: the...

 to persuade females to come close and admire his plumes he sings the most complex song he can manage and he does that by copying the songs of all the other birds he hears around him

10 TOP Natural History...

 which made me the highest ranked adaptive female snowboarder in the world. Eleven years ago, when I lost my legs, I had no idea what to expect.

Amy Purdy: Living beyond...

 To persuade females the come close and admire his plumes, he sings the most complex song he can manage and he does that by copying the songs

Attenborough: the...

 They're building a mud nest on the underside of the boulder's overhang, where it'll be protected from the rain. The female takes the lead.