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'''Femininity''' is the traditional set of archetypes associated with [[women]] and girls, femininity by its very nature is a [[social construction]], but is based off of a mixture of cultural and biological components.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Dn5cI9BHbKgC&pg=PA1&dq=en#v=onepage&q=false Reinventing the Sexes: The Biomedical Construction of Femininity and Masculinity], Marianne van den Wijngaard.</ref> This makes it distinct from the [[biological essentialism|biological]] "female" [[sex]], as both [[men]] and women can display so-called "feminine" features.<ref>[http://www.who.int/gender/whatisgender/en/ ''Gender, Women and Health: What do we mean by "sex" and "gender"?''] The World Health Organization</ref>