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  • Femininity is accorded the remaining human range of motion -- sadness, tenderness, fear, etc. -- but NOT anger, and this emotionality is labeled "weak".

    BROAD CAST AND UPDATES, 29 OCTOBER 2007 Maggie Jochild 2007

  • Gendered Pasts: Historical Essays in Femininity and Masculinity in Canada, edited by McPherson, Morgan, and Forestell.

    Gutenber-e Help Page 2005

  • In Gendered Pasts: Historical Essays in Femininity and Masculinity in Canada, edited by Kathryn McPherson, Cecilia Morgan, and Nancy M. Forestell.

    Gutenber-e Help Page 2005

  • In Gendered Pasts: Historical Essays in Femininity and Masculinity in Canada, edited by Kathryn McPherson, Cecilia Morgan, and Nancy M. Forestell.

    Gutenber-e Help Page 2005

  • In Gendered Pasts: Historical Essays in Femininity and Masculinity in Canada, edited by Kathryn McPherson, Cecilia Morgan, and Nancy M. Forestell.

    Gutenber-e Help Page 2005

  • Femininity is not such a flexible quality as all that, and it seems to me that there are still all kinds of constraints on women’s behaviour.

    Avenging Angel « Tales from the Reading Room 2008

  • "Femininity" is a survival / defense mechanism used by women worldwide.

    I Blame The Patriarchy 2008

  • I prefer the term gender dissonance for the same reason given by Julia Serano in the glossary on the web page for her book Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity: gender dissonance

    trans woman 2009

  • I prefer the term gender dissonance for the same reason given by Julia Serano in the glossary on the web page for her book Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity: gender dissonance

    Enough. 2009

  • As Mr. Peeters dryly observes: "Femininity does indeed struggle to find a place in the series."

    Tintin & Co. Meghan Cox Gurdon 2011

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