feminine identity
Sense of womanhood
Feminine identity is a person's sense of themselves as female or aligned with femininity—encompassing how they relate to womanhood, feminine traits, and gendered expectations.
The term appears in psychology, gender studies, and personal reflection: She explored her feminine identity through art.
Feminine identity may be shaped by biology, culture, relationships, or individual choice, and exists independently of sexual orientation.
- womanhoodAdult female state
- girlhoodFemale youth period
- coming of ageReaching adult status
- rite of passageTransition-marking ceremony
- selfhoodIndividual identity, personhood
finding yourself · gender · expression · softness · soft power · strength · nurturing · goddess · motherhood · sisterhood · beauty · grace · body image · curves · lipstick · mirror · vulnerability · empowerment
- feminismgender equality, women's rights, patriarchy, women's liberation, sisterhood
- French LiteratureVictor Hugo, Hugo, Alexandre Dumas, Dumas, Jules Verne
- French FeminismSimone de Beauvoir, phallogocentrism
feminine identitymasculine identity
Male sense of self
masculinity · male identity · manhood · maleness · boyhood
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