If you're unfamiliar with what toxic femininity is, it's when women are expected to align with certain "traditional" stereotypes or feminine traits, such as being submissive, being a mother, and so on ...

What are the first words that come to mind when trying to describe femininity? Chances are that many of the words that surface hold negative connotations: fragile, weak, delicate, frivolous, ...

Sharon leads a meeting. She books the conference room for thirty minutes. Participants speak only when they have something relevant to say, so the meeting is over in twenty minutes. The room sits ...

Take a scroll through Instagram or TikTok, and you’ll see plenty of posts about what it means to have “feminine energy.” One video offers a three-step guide on “how to radiate feminine energy,” while ...

Gender norms show up in our everyday lives in more ways than we realize, and among them are all the ways women are expected to perform femininity on a daily basis. Things as subtle as body language, ...

If trying to embrace and radiate your femininity is making you miserable, you're likely relying too much on your physical appearance to capture (and keep) a guy's interest. This is understandable ...

Society has come a long way over time, especially for women. We’ve graduated from modestly-clad demure examples of femininity to sometimes outrageous depictions of the modern do-all woman. And why not ...

There are a lot of valid opinions – many negative – about International Women’s Day. One-day or monthlong celebrations of various identities are problematic. It can seem tokenistic to honor 51% of the ...

What are the first words that come to mind when trying to describe femininity? Chances are that many of the words that surface hold negative connotations: fragile, weak, delicate, frivolous, ...