womanly

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I'd be far more impressed with a sentance using the womanly words.

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befitting or characteristic of a woman especially a mature woman; "womanly virtues of gentleness and compassion"

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adjective

befitting or characteristic of a woman especially a mature woman; "womanly virtues of gentleness and compassion"

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adjective

befitting or characteristic of a woman especially a mature woman; "womanly virtues of gentleness and compassion"

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I'd be far more impressed with a sentance using the womanly words.

One word: Wow.> Being a man is a good thing, this woman is being manly as opposed to being womanly, and this is a great thing.

I dunno, though, maybe it's just that people are more likely to be talking womanly on a mental disorder site.

Ask yourself, is it better for something, a hobby, a sport, whatever to be manly or womanly?

> It's truly unfortunate that there aren't "boyly" and "womanly" adjectives...there are?

It's a direct associating between "This thing is womanly so it is bad." Even after several other stories these digs at women still get publicized!

Be good, be womanly, be gentle,generous in your sympathies, heedful of the well-being of all around you; and, my word for it, you will not lack kind words of admiration.

The problem with the Grace Hooper example is that she is from back when programming was still considered a "secretarial" and "womanly" profession.

They diverge at my suggestion that perhaps attempting the "womanly response" of actually listening would be worth a try when confronted with a problem.

Most meetings are surrounded by the woman talking about things important to them - sometimes very womanly topics like their period or lack their of due to menopause.

I agree it isn't equal, in many definitions of the word, but I wouldn't necessarily associate it with manly or womanly in terms of sexuality/identity.

It's truly unfortunate that there aren't "boyly" and "womanly" adjectives.... We suffer from our sexist past by refusing to allow that cute, sparkly, pink, whatever is absolutely wonderful.

" is so horrid that I have to believe that even the bona fide female Xeni Jardin, lover of techno whizbangs, would have a hard time accepting it as... womanly... to talk about "using her vagina".My girlfriend has screamed at me more than once over the futility of sharing my thoughts with "you people" who "will never understand [my] perspective", but at least a few here are kind, even if I'm not, and for that I'm grateful.