If you're unfamiliar with what toxic femininity is, it's when women are expected to align with certain "traditional" stereotypes or feminine traits, such as being submissive, being a mother, and so on ...

Loves to tell stories around culture, entertainment and food. Hoards books and stationery in her free time. When not reading or writing, you'll find her curled up on a couch at a quiet cafe, with a ...

On Monday, Reddit user u/VysX_ asked, "There's toxic masculinity, but what are examples of toxic femininity?" People came through with some interesting examples of things that women do — usually to ...

Recently, I talked with a former male student of mine who had been hearing and reading more about “toxic masculinity”: what it is, how it can be expressed and its implications and consequences.

You'd think that embracing femininity would be easy because it's natural, but there are some common mistakes many women make along the way. The main problem seems to be that we often struggle to ...

What are the first words that come to mind when trying to describe femininity? Chances are that many of the words that surface hold negative connotations: fragile, weak, delicate, frivolous, ...

Sharon leads a meeting. She books the conference room for thirty minutes. Participants speak only when they have something relevant to say, so the meeting is over in twenty minutes. The room sits ...

The phrase “opposite sex” was first documented in English in the late 1600s and has few signs of losing its appeal as a way to describe women versus men. Google Scholar reveals its ongoing widespread ...

The dictionary might be an expert when it comes to vocabulary, but sometimes its definitions need a little updating. Such was the case with Merriam-Webster, a dictionary giant that somehow made it to ...