Femininity

![The Birth of Venus (1486, Uffizi) is a classic representation of femininity painted by Sandro Botticelli.[15][16]
Venus was a Roman goddess principally associated with love, beauty and fertility.](/Images/godic/202502/21/Sandro_Botticelli_-_La_nascita_di_Venere_-_Google_Art_Project_-_edited1636.jpg")
![Young Woman Drawing (1801, Metropolitan Museum of Art) painted by Marie-Denise Villers (possibly a self-portrait), depicts an independent feminine spirit.[32]](/Images/godic/202502/21/Villers_Young_Woman_Drawing1636.jpg")

Femininity (also called feminity, girlishness, womanliness or womanhood) is a set of attributes, behaviors, and roles generally associated with girls and women. Femininity is made up of both socially-defined and biologically-created factors. This makes it distinct from the definition of the biological female sex, as both males and females can exhibit feminine traits. People who exhibit a combination of both masculine and feminine characteristics are considered androgynous, and feminist philosophers have argued that gender ambiguity may blur gender classification. Modern conceptualizations of femininity also rely not just upon social constructions, but upon the individualized choices made by women