A man's women folk, whatever their outward show of respect for his merit and authority, always regard him secretly as an ass, and with something akin to pity. His most gaudy sayings and doings seldom deceive them; they see the actual man within, and know him for a shallow and pathetic fellow. In this fact, perhaps, lies one of the best proofs of feminine intelligence, or, as the common phrase makes it, feminine intuition.
There is no sound more feminine than a woman in a taffeta dress.
You always have access to your truth. You always have access to the divine feminine.
To babble is to make a feminine noise somewhat resembling the sound of a brook, but with less meaning.
Here are examples of real women who have done real things: good, bad, and in between. We're expanding not just the definition of the female or feminine hero, but also villains and more complex, nuanced female characters. Too often I hear men say, "I don't know how to write women. " Here you go, here are five incredible women you can use to inspire your own stories.
Feminine virtue is nothing but a convenient masculine invention.
The first feminine feature that goes, with advancing age, is the neck.
I just love the idea of witches, in general. The whole concept of witches was to keep down the feminine rise in power that was happening, at the time. They created this concept of witches, so that they could burn women at the stake and keep them in their place, and now we've turned it around to empower women. That's very ironic. If they only knew that they created a weapon for us to use against them.
If we did not have a feminine being within us, how would we rest ourselves?
Purity is the feminine, truth the masculine of honor.
I am always surprised by who wears my shoes. This is a good thing. There is no type of woman, but all my women like to feel feminine. They are women who are happy to be women.
She succumbed to the eternal feminine passion for bargains.
A lot of people say I seem masculine, but I don't feel it. I feel intrinsically feminine. I'd love to be one of the boys but I always felt a bit on the outside. Maybe my masculine qualities come from overcompensating because I'm not one of the boys.
We have to work harder to develop a profound theology of women within the church. The feminine genius is needed wherever we make important decisions.
It's fascinating how much of our sense of attractiveness and feminine identity is bound up in our hair.
Enlightenment comes through the feminine side of the being.
What makes a gay icon is someone who possesses both masculine and feminine qualities simultaneously.
Throughout my life, I've always been really close with girls and made friends with girls. And I've always been a really sickly, feminine person anyhow, so I thought I was gay for a while because I didn't find any of the girls in my high school attractive at all.
Our individual wholeness includes a masculine and a feminine side, which are slowly (or not so slowly) wrung out of us, depending on which gender you are.
I like my women to be feminine, not sliding into tackles and covered in mud.