female identity
Being a woman
Female identity is one's sense of self as a woman or girl, encompassing biological, psychological, social, and cultural dimensions of being female.
The term appears in discussions of gender roles, feminism, and transgender experience.
She explored her female identity through writing.
Female identity may be shaped by anatomy, socialization, personal conviction, or some combination of these.
- motherhoodState of being a female parent
- menstruationMonthly uterine bleeding
- estrogenFemale reproductive hormone
- suffrage movementCampaign for voting rights
- second wave feminism1960s-80s gender equality movement
body image · self-esteem · pregnancy · gender dysphoria · sisterhood · girl power · women's liberation · intersectionality · matriarchy · self-expression · inner goddess · coming of age · feminism · feminist theory · ovaries · gender discrimination · reproductive rights · body autonomy
- women in literaturewomen writers, feminist literature, women's literature, heroines, tragic heroines
- women's poetrywomen poets, Sylvia Plath, Emily Dickinson, Maya Angelou, poetesses
- feminismfeminism, feminist theory, gender equality, women's rights, feminist novels
- motherhoodmother, mom, mama, mum, mommy
- girlhood themesgirlhood, girl power, coming of age, innocence, femininity
- girls communicationtexting, social media, gossip, girl talk, group chats
female identitymale identity
Man's sense of self
masculine identity · manhood · masculinity · maleness · boyhood
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