Femininity: Difference between revisions

'''Femininity''' is the traditional set of archetypes associated with [[women]] and girls. Femininity by its very nature is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_constructionism#Definition 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. [https://web.archive.org/web/20230601171933/https://books.google.com/books?id=Dn5cI9BHbKgC&pg=PA1&dq=en Archived] on 17 July 2023</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 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230521140334/http://www.who.int/gender/whatisgender/en/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>