Femininity is a set of attributes, behaviors, and roles generally associated with women and girls. Femininity can be understood as socially constructed, and there is also some evidence that some behaviors considered feminine are influenced by both cultural factors and biological factors. To what extent femininity is biologically or socially influenced is subject to debate. It is conceptually distinct from both the female biological sex and from womanhood, as all humans can exhibit feminine and masculine traits, regardless of sex and gender.
Venus with a Mirror (c. 1555) by Titian, showing the goddess Venus as the personification of femininity
The Birth of Venus (1486, Uffizi) is a classic representation of femininity painted by Sandro Botticelli. Venus was a Roman goddess principally associated with love, beauty and fertility.
Portrait of Charlotte du Val d'Ognes by Marie-Denise Villers, 1801, Metropolitan Museum of Art (possibly a self-portrait), depicts an independent feminine spirit.
Muslim woman wearing a headdress (Hijab)
A woman is an adult female human. Before adulthood, a woman is referred to as a girl.
A woman in Selangor, Malaysia
Three generations: an older woman, her daughter, and her granddaughter.
A pregnant woman
A mother breastfeeding her baby
