“The first wave of feminism demanded that women seek equal rights by asserting themselves in the workforce.”

“This is what happened in the sixties and early seventies, making radical feminism, and radicalisms of other varieties, possible.”

“Academic feminism has provided a forum for Third World women to express themselves and vent their anger at their societies.”

“But in this preoedipal phase of psychological development there is no evidence that masculinity or femininity will follow predetermined routes.”

“Every day they confront a Janus-faced social discourse on female gender, which wedges them between two conflicting ideals of femininity.”

“The response among younger women to this dilemma, at least in the feverish imagination of the media, has been an abjuration of femininity.”

“The white male becomes masculinized through the castration or symbolic feminization of his foil, the black male.”

“The study was spurred by previous observations of feminization in estuarine fish, particularly the flounder, a common flatfish, Matthiessen said.”

“To claim that they have free will is to overlook the growing feminization of poverty, which has become a crucial issue over the last 30 years.”

“There was in the character of his countenance the femineity which Coleridge thought to be the mental constitution of true genius.”

“Beautiful are both those women in their graceful feminicity.”

“One of the great mythic transformations of the early nineteenth century was the feminisation of angels.”

“So one might expect to see some feminisation of the basic male gender behaviour in play.”

“This feminisation of poverty is a feminisation that is different from similar earlier trends.”

“Her feminineness was evident in her elegant posture, graceful movements, and soft, nurturing demeanor.”

“Lester had decided to become a feminist, so he cooked up this plan where I would walk down the street in so-called suggestive clothes, and he would then chronicle in disgust how the guys hooted at me.”

“Is feminity only about asserting yourself as woman when you find yourself left behind in a swirl of progressive women?”

“She changed into a pair of loose pants and a baggy shirt, perfect for hiding her feminity, little proof though there was.”

“But Kathy says she steers well clear of steroids because she has seen first hand the devastating effects they can have on feminity.”

“Ideas about masculinities and femininities are important to consider when taking a gender perspective on peacebuilding.”

“The debates will focus on femininities and masculinities of a youth in transition in the age of globalisation.”

“Masculinities and femininities are being made and remade as polarised species.”

“It has been necessary for feminisms to transition through various modes of difference.”

“Consequently, the center now aims to engage more effectively with discourses in postcolonial and Third-World feminisms, as well as in emerging fields such as trans-feminism and masculinity studies.”

“There exists a variety of feminisms, each with its own angles and foci.”

“The rise of the Internet poured gasoline on the fire, creating spaces for feminerds to come out of the woodwork and share their passions.”

“This 'boys' club' attitude that girls can't be geeks is still a major stumbling block for feminerds and girls who want to break into geek culture.”

“Some dialects and variants of Nynorsk furthermore have different declension of weak and strong feminines and neuters.”

“The neuter nouns of all classes differed from the masculines and feminines in their nominative and accusative endings, which were alike.”

“For neuters and most groups of feminines and plural masculines, the genitive case differs from the other three.”

“These women have been called the first generation of feminists in modern China, and they worked as amahs in Hong Kong, Macau and Singapore.”

“Perhaps for feminists Tiefer's repetitiousness makes the lecture a little bit long.”

“Black feminists and womanists in the academy dream of community and cooperation but often live in isolation, she said.”