femaleness

That women have, on average, behaved differently than men doesn't necessarily mean any one woman's femaleness is the reason why.

EU Adviser: Insurance Pricing Is Discriminatory Charles Forelle 2010

Starbuck's [flaws] flow directly from [her] femaleness, which is why I feel that they represent stereotypes.

Lamest. Feminist Icon. Ever. Abigail Nussbaum 2006

• She's defined by her sex, reduced entirely to her femaleness, which is, after all, simply not-maleness

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Soraya Chemaly 2011

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.

Archive 2009-02-01 Renee 2009

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.

Boo Yaa It’s Almost Period Time Renee 2009

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.

Archive 2009-02-01 Renee 2009

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.

Boo Yaa It’s Almost Period Time Renee 2009

And the other side to that coin is the "don't be controlled by your 'femaleness'" culture.

Boo Yaa It’s Almost Period Time Renee 2009

And the other side to that coin is the "don't be controlled by your 'femaleness'" culture.

Archive 2009-02-01 Renee 2009

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."

Thinking Pink Moondreamer 2008