femaleness

IPA: fˈimeɪɫnʌs

Examples of "femaleness" in Sentences

And the other side to that coin is the "don't be controlled by your 'femaleness'" culture.
• She's defined by her sex, reduced entirely to her femaleness, which is, after all, simply not-maleness
Starbuck's [flaws] flow directly from [her] femaleness, which is why I feel that they represent stereotypes.
That women have, on average, behaved differently than men doesn't necessarily mean any one woman's femaleness is the reason why.
Or, it ties into the "hide your true 'femaleness' and show a male-defined femininity" culture of waxing, shaving, toning, tanning endorsed by the mainstream.
Being overly simplistic, one is the "embrace your 'femaleness'" culture, which celebrates women as powerful beings and proto-goddesses - when they don't deny their own bodies, that is.
In her article, Dreaming of a Pink Christmas, Ball considers how toys are "still unbelievably segregated along strict gender lines" to the extent that 'femaleness' is seen as "humiliating for boys."