feminine traits
Stereotypically womanly characteristics
Feminine traits are characteristics culturally associated with women—gentleness, nurturing, emotional expressiveness, empathy, cooperativeness.
The phrase appears in discussions of gender roles and psychology, where these traits are distinguished from masculine ones like assertiveness or competitiveness.
Whether such traits are innate or socially constructed remains debated: She was criticized for displaying feminine traits in the boardroom.
The term can carry implicit judgment, suggesting softness is weakness, though many now reject that framing.
- gracefulElegant in movement
- nurturingSupportive care-giving
- caretaker rolePosition of looking after
- gentleSoft and kind
- softYielding to touch
gentle touch · delicate · natural beauty · compassionate · open heart · intuitive · emotional intelligence · emotional · caring · good listener · tender · maternal · elegant · sensitive · empathetic · inner strength · warm · receptive
- womanhoodwomanhood, girlhood, motherhood, maidenhood, sisterhood
feminine traitsmasculinity
Male gender characteristics
machismo · virility · ruggedness · hypermasculinity · rugged individualism
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