Jennifer Garner

The wholesome is definitely intentional and drilled into me. I mean, we weren't allowed to pierce our ears growing up. We didn't wear makeup. We couldn't have layers in our hair, perms, or color, or manicures. My dad didn't think it was ladylike. My dad just felt like his daughters should be wholesome.

American Actress

Nicki Minaj

I've constantly tried new things, even as a child, and have always been obsessed with pink. Now I'm just a little more ladylike and fearless. You should never feel afraid to become a piece of art. It's exhilarating.

American Musician

Emilia Wickstead

You can see that ladylike kind of dressing with a twist coming back at Dior, and I think that a lot of the fashion is following in those kinds of footsteps. It's wearable. It sits in your wardrobe forever.

New Zealander Designer

Rihanna

My musical taste and image is going to change naturally. It's not forced; I do what comes natural to me. Sometimes, I like to be dark... other times, I like to be really light and ladylike.

Toyah Willcox

I had no interest in people telling me to be feminine, to be ladylike, to wear dresses - it just made me rebel completely.

English Musician

Koren Zailckas

I do think anger is so difficult for women. Girls think it undermines their femininity; it's not very ladylike.

American Writer

Wanda Sykes

And then also I think it's harder for women because comedy is so opposite of being ladylike.

American Comedian

Carine Roitfeld

My private life is a lot more ladylike and less sultry than the fashion photos I imagine.

Editor

Carol Channing

My clothes are an extension of my personality. I'd look awful in ladylike dresses.

Mary Harris Jones

American Activist

The term 'ladylike' may seem outdated or stereotypical in modern gender-equal societies.

Cultural Shift

'Ladylike' can be seen as restrictive and patronizing if it implies limited roles or behaviors for women.

Potentially Pejorative

Use 'ladylike' appropriately; it's more acceptable in historical or formal contexts than casual ones.

Context Sensitive

 when went exactly like when we suck up a fly except I'm not so ladylike I close my eyes and I suspect and splatter and cough and all sorts of thing there was a great video that circled the interweb and remember what nationality this fella was but he seemed like somebody important he was being interviewed and a wasp was buzzing