Femininity
noun
The qualities or attributes often associated with women.
Her outfit highlighted her femininity and elegance.
Often appears as...
- embrace femininity
- traditional femininity
noun
The fact of being female.
The femininity of the mother figure is often emphasized in literature.
Often appears as...
- celebrate femininity
- explore femininity
noun
A set of attributes, behaviors, and roles often associated with girls and women.
She is challenging traditional concepts of femininity.
Often appears as...
- concept of femininity
- construct of femininity
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Academic
noun
Sexual attractiveness to men.
She dresses in a way to show off her femininity.
Often appears as...
- highlight femininity
- attract with femininity
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Approving
Colloquial
noun
The qualities or attributes often associated with women.
Her outfit highlighted her femininity and elegance.
Often appears as...
- embrace femininity
- traditional femininity
noun
The fact of being female.
The femininity of the mother figure is often emphasized in literature.
Often appears as...
- celebrate femininity
- explore femininity
noun
A set of attributes, behaviors, and roles often associated with girls and women.
She is challenging traditional concepts of femininity.
Often appears as...
- concept of femininity
- construct of femininity
Usage tips
Academic
noun
Sexual attractiveness to men.
She dresses in a way to show off her femininity.
Often appears as...
- highlight femininity
- attract with femininity
Usage tips
Approving
Colloquial
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Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Variance
The associated qualities may vary greatly in different cultures
In some cultures, femininity involves being reserved, while in others, it's about being outspoken.
Pro Tip 2/3Subjectivity
Different people have unique opinions on what femininity entails
Some believe cooking is part of femininity; others don't.
Pro Tip 3/3Beyond Appearance
Femininity isn't just about how someone dresses but includes behaviors and traits
Her assertiveness at work was part of her femininity.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Variance
The associated qualities may vary greatly in different cultures
In some cultures, femininity involves being reserved, while in others, it's about being outspoken.
Pro Tip 2/3Subjectivity
Different people have unique opinions on what femininity entails
Some believe cooking is part of femininity; others don't.
Pro Tip 3/3Beyond Appearance
Femininity isn't just about how someone dresses but includes behaviors and traits
Her assertiveness at work was part of her femininity.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Variance
The associated qualities may vary greatly in different cultures
In some cultures, femininity involves being reserved, while in others, it's about being outspoken.
Pro Tip 2/3Subjectivity
Different people have unique opinions on what femininity entails
Some believe cooking is part of femininity; others don't.
Pro Tip 3/3Beyond Appearance
Femininity isn't just about how someone dresses but includes behaviors and traits
Her assertiveness at work was part of her femininity.
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Looks aren't everything....
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
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A queer vision of love...
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,
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What it's like to be a...
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.
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The spellbinding art of...
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.
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Looks aren't everything....
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.
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Sarah Jones: One woman,...
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.
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The power of women's...
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.
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Coming Home – Ep. 4 PIPE...
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.
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Chimamanda Ngozi...
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.
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Museums should honor the...
Respectability politics and idealized femininity influence how we display women and which women we choose to display.
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Looks aren't everything....
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
Video examples
A queer vision of love...
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,
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What it's like to be a...
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.
Video examples
The spellbinding art of...
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.
Video examples
Looks aren't everything....
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.
Video examples
Sarah Jones: One woman,...
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.
Video examples
The power of women's...
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.
Video examples
Coming Home – Ep. 4 PIPE...
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.
Video examples
Chimamanda Ngozi...
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.
Video examples
Museums should honor the...
Respectability politics and idealized femininity influence how we display women and which women we choose to display.
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Carlos Santana
Mexican Musician
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.
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Rachel Cusk
Canadian Novelist
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.
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Vincent Cassel
French Actor
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.
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Ruston Kelly
American Musician
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.
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Ivanka Trump
American Businesswoman
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.
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Donatella Versace
Italian Designer
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.
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Rosalia
Spanish Singer
Flowers are divine, they have divine qualities that I adore. And they also connect me with femininity.
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Courtney Act
Australian Entertainer
The U.K.'s got the most advanced relationship with masculinity, femininity and sexuality.
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Goldie Hawn
American Actress
I'm not afraid of my femininity and I'm not afraid of my sexuality.
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Donna Mills
American Actress
I thought it was very important that femininity wasn't lost.
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Carlos Santana
Mexican Musician
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.
Quote examples
Rachel Cusk
Canadian Novelist
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.
Quote examples
Vincent Cassel
French Actor
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.
Quote examples
Ruston Kelly
American Musician
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.
Quote examples
Ivanka Trump
American Businesswoman
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.
Quote examples
Donatella Versace
Italian Designer
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.
Quote examples
Rosalia
Spanish Singer
Flowers are divine, they have divine qualities that I adore. And they also connect me with femininity.
Quote examples
Courtney Act
Australian Entertainer
The U.K.'s got the most advanced relationship with masculinity, femininity and sexuality.
Quote examples
Goldie Hawn
American Actress
I'm not afraid of my femininity and I'm not afraid of my sexuality.
Quote examples
Donna Mills
American Actress
I thought it was very important that femininity wasn't lost.
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