Examples of femininity in the following topics:
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- Masculine and feminine individuals generally differ in how they communicate with others.
- Masculine people form friendships with other masculine people based on common interests, while feminine people build friendships with other feminine people based on mutual support.
- In contrast, feminine people are more likely to communicate weakness and vulnerability.
- For this reason, feminine people often feel closer to their friends than masculine people do.
- These cultures can be categorized as masculine or feminine.
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- Early gender identity research hypothesized a single bipolar dimension of masculinity-femininity—that is masculinity and femininity were opposites on one continuum.
- This led to the development of a two-dimensional gender identity model, in which masculinity and femininity were conceptualized as two separate, orthogonal dimensions, coexisting in varying degrees within an individual.
- Two instruments incorporating the multidimensional aspects of masculinity and femininity have dominated gender identity research: the Bem Sex Role Inventory (BSRI) and the Personal Attributes Questionnaire (PAQ).
- Both instruments categorize individuals as either being sex typed (males report themselves as identifying primarily with masculine traits, females report themselves as identifying primarily with feminine traits), cross sex-typed (males report themselves as identifying primarily with feminine traits, females report themselves as identifying primarily with masculine traits), androgynous (either males or females who report themselves as high on both masculine and feminine traits) or undifferentiated (either males or females who report themselves as low on both masculine and feminine traits).
- Twenge (1997) noted that, although men are generally more masculine than women and women generally more feminine than men, the association between biological sex and masculinity/femininity is waning.
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- Others have noted the negative effects that stress and lack of emotional expression (a hallmark trait associated with masculinities) place on the body, and the tendency for females to seek help and treatment (traditionally feminine behaviors) as factors in this pattern.
- Females are also less likely to suffer hyperactivity or speech disorders as children or to display antisocial personalities as adults (potentially due to gender socialization wherein femininities are associated with social behaviors and communication skills).
- Finally, females have slightly more olfactory receptors on average and are more easily re-aroused immediately after orgasm (potentially due to traditional associations of femininities to the pursuit of sexual pleasure and intimacy in relation to masculine associations with sexual conquest and performance).
- This (along with masculine socialization emphasizing acting out, being loud, and avoiding being controlled) could possibly explain why males are diagnosed with ADHD more often (and may be the result of feminine socialization emphasizing the care-taking of others).
- Females are able to see facial expressions / emotions better while males are able to see motion better (mirroring gender socialization emphasis on feminine care-taking and communication and masculine attention to action).
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- "Gender" refers to a person's perceived or projected social location within culturally established designations between masculine and feminine behaviors (e.g., gender refers to a person's attempt to signify a masculine or feminine self as well as a person's attempt to categorize someone else in terms of their presentation (intentional or otherwise) of masculine or feminine selfhood).
- As such, gender typically involves two interrelated components built upon the acceptance or rejection of societal norms concerning masculinities and femininities.
- Likewise, parents may socialize children into what is perceived as a traditionally feminine role that includes characteristics like submissiveness, emotionality, and empathy while constantly reminding the child that it is supposed to be feminine through the same means noted above.
- For instance, the masculine child may play with toy soldiers, join athletic teams, and learn to prize appearing tough while the feminine child may play with dolls, bond with other feminine-behaving people, and learn that he is rewarded for appearing to care.
- It is possible for the masculine-raised child to decide later in life - or without the parents knowledge earlier in life - to engage in feminine behaviors, and the same could happen with the feminine-raised child (in fact, many parents raise children in gender neutral ways that allow the children to make these decisions from the start).
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- In other words, individuals are socialized into conceiving of their gender as either masculine (male) or feminine (female).
- However, some individuals do not feel that they fall into the gender binary and they choose to question or challenge the male-masculine / female-feminine binary.
- Individuals that identify as genderqueer challenge classifications of masculine and feminine, and may identify as somewhere other than male and female, in between male and female, a combination of male and female, or a third (or forth, or fifth, etc.) gender altogether.
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- If a boy acts "too feminine," he may be called a sissy and have difficulty gaining acceptance from other boys.
- Biological males are not always masculine and biological females are not always feminine.
- Both genders can contain different levels of masculinity and femininity.
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- This is certainly relevant to the discussion of masculinity and femininity, because the characteristics and practices of both are socially constructed, reproduced, and reinforced through daily interactions.
- This type of approach would appeal to the sensitive and relational characteristics typically associated with femininity.
- The woman in this picture blurs the boundaries between the symbols that are traditionally considered masculine or feminine.
- While she has long hair and is wearing makeup, typically feminine markers, her clothes are much more masculine in nature.
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- English and history, on the other hand, are often perceived as "feminine" subjects because they are more closely aligned with "feminine" jobs, such as teaching or care work.
- English and history, on the other hand, are often perceived as "feminine" subjects because they are more closely aligned with "feminine" jobs, such as teaching or care work.
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- Although hijras dress as women and exhibit what is normally considered as "feminine" behavior, they believe themselves to belong to a "third gender," identifying neither as male nor female.
- For example, in some countries, wearing make-up is associated with women and is seen as feminine.
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- For example, schoolmates may enforce gender norms by ridiculing boys who undertake actions considered feminine, such as writing poetry or dancing.
- For example, schoolmates may enforce gender norms by ridiculing boys who undertake actions considered feminine, such as writing poetry or dancing.