Definition of "femaleness" [femaleness]

• The characteristic of being female. (noun)

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• "That women have, on average, behaved differently than men doesn't necessarily mean any one woman's femaleness is the reason why."
• "Starbuck's [flaws] flow directly from [her] femaleness, which is why I feel that they represent stereotypes."
• "• She's defined by her sex, reduced entirely to her femaleness, which is, after all, simply not-maleness"