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• n  the trait of behaving in ways considered typical for women

• Spanish hurdler Maria Jose Martinez Patino never doubted her femininity until she arrived in Kobe, Japan, in 1985 to compete at the World University Games.
• Any sign of independence or femininity is viewed as a challenge and provocation.
• For spring 2004, when every designer was sending cliches of femininity down the runway, Kawakubo left many in the audience perplexed by presenting models in voluminous skirts .

• muliebrity

• masculinity

News & Articles

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• Girls on Film: How Pam Grier revolutionized cinema
  The Blaxploitation actress rose above the sexism of the genre to become an unmatched cinematic icon of black femininity
  June 14, 2013 - The Week via Yahoo! News

Quotes

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• Donatella Versace in Times of India
  She should treat femininity as an opportunity and not try to emulate masculinity in politics,Versace said.
• Robin Givhan in Reuters
  It was startling to see that small acknowledgment of sexuality and femininity peeking out of the conservative -- aesthetically speaking -- environment of Congress,Givhan wrote.
• Bernard Arnault in Reuters
  They share the femininity and romanticism but also the modernity and extravagance ...... Christian Dior was not classical at all in the 1950s. He was revolutionary. Today he looks classical. It is like Picasso,said Arnault.