Carlos Santana

My dad's a beautiful man, but like a lot of Mexican men, or men in general, a lot of men have a problem with the balance of masculinity and femininity - intuition and compassion and tenderness - and get overboard with the macho thing. It took him a while to become more, I would say, conscious, evolved.

Mexican Musician

Rachel Cusk

The woman who thinks she can choose femininity, can toy with it like the social drinker toys with wine - well, she's asking for it, asking to be undone, devoured, asking to spend her life perpetrating a new fraud, manufacturing a new fake identity, only this time it's her equality that's fake.

Canadian Novelist

Vincent Cassel

All good actors are actresses. The more like a woman they are, the better they act, because a man's salvation is his femininity. Women have stronger sensibilities than men, which allows them to go a bit deeper when they are on and off the stage.

French Actor

Ruston Kelly

We are all dually feminine and masculine. To give in to both of those things would strengthen us as human beings and there is such a drastic difference between men, and men who are terrified of their own femininity.

American Musician

Ivanka Trump

I have always admired women that have a strong sense of self, complemented by femininity. I especially appreciate the presence of these women in traditionally male-dominated industries, such as real estate.

American Businesswoman

Donatella Versace

Showing your femininity should help your career and not go against your career. Dressing like a man, using the suit to look powerful - that was the '80s, and that didn't help women.

Italian Designer

Rosalia

Flowers are divine, they have divine qualities that I adore. And they also connect me with femininity.

Spanish Singer

Courtney Act

The U.K.'s got the most advanced relationship with masculinity, femininity and sexuality.

Australian Entertainer

Goldie Hawn

I'm not afraid of my femininity and I'm not afraid of my sexuality.

American Actress

Donna Mills

I thought it was very important that femininity wasn't lost.

The associated qualities may vary greatly in different cultures

Cultural Variance

Different people have unique opinions on what femininity entails

Subjectivity

Femininity isn't just about how someone dresses but includes behaviors and traits

Beyond Appearance

This definition focuses on the biological category rather than societal roles

Biological Aspect

In literature, femininity can be a central theme that is explored in depth

Literary Theme

Understand that the attributes associated with femininity can change over time

Fluid Concept

People might intentionally act against these norms to challenge traditional femininity

Challenging Stereotypes

What is considered sexually attractive can be subjective and culturally influenced

Attractiveness Varies

Using femininity to attract is a personal choice and not a general expectation

Personal Choice

 admire but also as tall slender figures and femininity and white skin and this is a legacy that was built for me and it's a legacy that I've been cashing out on and I know there are people in the audience who are skeptical at this point and maybe there are some fashionistas

Looks aren't everything....

 And I didn't enter into this union under the auspices that she was going to be my helper or my rib, but a fully complex -- Right? That's not right. But a fully complex human being whose femininity wasn't for me to rein in, control or critique. It's her brilliance,

A queer vision of love...

 in my child's world. I realized that I was reinforcing sexism and the cultural norms I teach as problematic. No matter how much I believed in gender neutrality in theory, in practice, the absence of femininity is not neutrality, it's masculinity.

What it's like to be a...

 and envelops them in a female sensuality. The women in his paintings taunt us to view beyond their surface anatomy, thereby introducing a strong femininity that was previously lacking in the history of anatomical representation.

The spellbinding art of...

 Well, for the past few centuries we have defined beauty not just as health and youth and symmetry that we're biologically programmed to admire, but also as tall, slender figures, and femininity and white skin.

 I initially thought she was an educational tool for anorexia prevention -- but actually she was considered by many to be a wholesome symbol of femininity, and often young girls began what was called dieting.

Sarah Jones: One woman,...

 So what if we didn't do that? What if we didn't sever anger from femininity? Because severing anger from femininity means we sever girls and women from the emotion that best protects us from injustice.

The power of women's...

 was not the body that I was destined to be. I feel like a lot of my femininity I suppressed it, because I started noticing the negative reactions I would get from people who were not my family.

Coming Home – Ep. 4 PIPE...

 and for my femininity. And I want to be respected in all of my femaleness because I deserve to be. Gender is not an easy conversation to have.

Chimamanda Ngozi...

 Respectability politics and idealized femininity influence how we display women and which women we choose to display.

Femininity

Cultural Variance

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Beyond Appearance

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