Top 273 Femininity Quotes & Sayings

It is not possible for a man to be elegant without a touch of femininity.

Femininity can be a powerful thing.

Sometimes when we think about femininity, we think also fragile. But I think you can be feminine and very strong. I think make-up goes with that femininity. I think it's a natural gesture for women and one they do more for themselves than for others.

I thought it was very important that femininity wasn't lost.

We all have femininity in us.

I've come to the conclusion that beautiful women in the West aren't comfortable finding strength in their femininity. They want to do masculine-oriented things to establish their femininity. It's a contradiction.

The essence of femininity is to absolutely love being a woman.

The great majority of men are attracted to feminine women who do not possess the body type of Michael Phelps. Beyonce is desired not because of her 'diabolical femininity,' but simply because of her femininity.

I've used my femininity and my sexuality as a weapon and a tool... but that's just natural.

Modesty answers not the crude how of femininity, but the beautiful why.

We brought fashion, fun, and femininity to hip hop.

For me, masculinity is about control, and femininity is more of an embrace, the art of listening. It's very inspiring to explore the shadows of masculinity and femininity, and the tensions between both, and the place of women in the world right now.

Actresses are required to perform the epitome of a certain type of femininity.

A woman today knows that the power of her femininity is very important.

The U.K.'s got the most advanced relationship with masculinity, femininity and sexuality.

To the "masculists" of both sexes, "femininity" implies all that men have built into the female image in the past few centuries: weakness, imbecility, dependence, masochism, unreliability, and a certain "babydoll" sexuality that is actually only a projection of male dreams. To the "feminist" of both sexes, femininity is synonymous with the eternal female principle, connoting strength, integrity, wisdom, justice, dependability, and a psychic power foreign and therefore dangerous to the plodding masculists of both sexes.

I am holding on to every shred of femininity that I can with heels and dresses.

I don't know, so much of women's femininity is tied up with their hair.

There's a way to express femininity and independence and strength without going for hanging fruit.

Femininity in general is seen as frivolous. People often say feminine people are doing 'the most,' meaning that to don a dress, heels, lipstick and big hair is artifice, fake, and a distraction. But I knew even as a teenager that my femininity was more than just adornments: they were extensions of me, enabling me to express myself and my identity.

Usually people are questioning my athleticism more than my femininity!

A true poet is more than just a man who can write a poem with a pen. A true poet writes poetry with his very life. A true poet doesn't use poetic devices to con the heart of a woman but uses the beauty of all that is poetic to serve, cherish, and express love to the heart of a woman. Just as a true warrior is not a conqueror of femininity but a protector of femininity, a true poet is not just a wooer of a woman's heart but one who knows how to nurture and plant love in a woman's heart. Simply put, a true poet is a man who knows how to be intimate with a lover - first and foremost with Christ.

When one begins to think about it, America depends rather heavily on women's passive dependence, their femininity. Femininity, if one still wants to call it that, makes American women a target and a victim of the sexual sell.

Beauty and femininity are ageless and can't be contrived, and glamour, although the manufacturers won't like this, cannot be manufactured. Not real glamour; it's based on femininity.

Simple femininity is the most important thing about a woman, and it is a quality a great many women are in jeopardy of losing. Women are being emancipated out of their femininity in this modern age.

I recognised that femininity and strength are not mutually exclusive, and I think that femininity has often been equated with weakness, but we know it's not.

Courtney isn't just a costume, it's a way I express my femininity.

Femininity in general is seen as frivolous. People often say feminine people are doing “the most”, meaning that to don a dress, heels, lipstick, and big hair is artifice, fake, and a distraction. But I knew even as a teenager that my femininity was more than just adornments; they were extensions of me, enabling me to express myself and my identity. My body, my clothes, and my makeup are on purpose, just as I am on purpose.

Everyone has a spectrum of masculinity and femininity inside them. In every individual, a war of misogyny is raging. Every man is repressing and oppressing the femininity within themselves, raising up male values as governing values. Because that's what we've been taught to do, just as every woman has. Misogyny isn't just something that affects women. It affects men.

Rage and bitterness do not foster femininity. They harden the heart and make the body sick.

One of the challenges is to create an equally positive, satisfying sense of femininity and feminine identity in a different way so that there are things you're saying yes to and satisfying that urge that your daughter has to be assert her girlness. The surface level of the culture, and really several inches into it, makes that very hard to do. I hate to put another thing on parents' plates. But the culture is very intentional in what it's telling your daughter and what it's telling you about the message of femininity. And if you're not intentional and conscious back, you lose.

I feel that beauty and femininity are ageless

For men, being too put-together implies femininity.

A fragrance always combines femininity and sensuality.

Feminism without femininity is a sham.

I think we still have a long way to go in understanding that feminist and femininity are not opposites.

In all my screenplays, I have been exploring various aspects of femininity.

I admire honesty and straightforwardness combined with true femininity.

You cannot forget about your femininity. You don't have to compete with men in that respect.

I like a woman who has both maturity and ingenuity. This comes under the heading of femininity.

Don't gossip- particularly about other women. Kindness is the secret to true femininity.

I try to make women feel more powerful without losing their femininity.

Sexuality and femininity is an accumulation of age and wisdom and comfort in your own skin.

Many of us reject all of the inferior meanings and connotations that others project onto femininity - that it is weak, artificial, frivolous, demure, and passive - because for us, there has been no act more bold and daring than embracing our own femininity. In a world that is awash in antifeminine sentiment, we understand that embracing and empowering femininity can potentially be one of the most transformative and revolutionary acts imaginable.

If there's a woman who is exhibiting her femininity or performing her femininity, it's always seen as meant to pull in the male gaze.

I like to write about women who are talented and capable, but most important, retain their femininity. Women have tremendous power - their femininity, because men can't do without it.

I hate that femininity in a gay men is a 'stereotype.'

If you wear short skirts you get your femininity back.

I've given up trying to convince the world about the authenticity of my femininity.

A lot of men do have a fear of my ultra-femininity. Sometimes people say I look like a drag queen, that I look scary, but I think that's a fear of my confidence. Most women in contemporary culture pare down their femininity, so there's a slight androgyny about them, and I think men have got used to seeing that.

I like femininity, not of the devout, but of the self-assured, cool and sophisticated kind.

Femininity in and of itself - and the feminine - can be not only privileged, but honored or worshipped.

Masculinity & femininity are just styles. They are interpretations

Femininity and sport can go together.

I'm not against embracing my femininity, but I've never bought into the idea that you have to wear a dress to do that.

I'm very sensitive about the fact that there's not a lot of good work for women in cinema that also deals with strong characters. But 'strong character' doesn't mean 'masculine character' - but something that finds the strength in femininity and the beauty in femininity. And something that says you can find femininity in men in some way.

Masculinity cannot exist without femininity. On its own, masculinity has no meaning, because it is but one half of a set of power relations. Masculinity pertains to male dominance as femininity pertains to female subordination.

You can be an absolute woman and also be smart and tough and not lose your femininity.

I don't really embrace femininity.

I've always been independent, and I don't see how it conflicts with femininity.