Femininity Quote by Sigmund Freud

Masculinity is part of a binary and requires its opposite, since, in the absence of femininity, masculinity would have no meaning.

— Sheila Jeffreys

Masculinity cannot exist without femininity. On its own, masculinity has no meaning, because it is but one half of a set of power relations.…

— Sheila Jeffreys

Masculinity & femininity are just styles. They are interpretations

— Rad Hourani

Masculine and feminine roles are not biologically fixed but socially constructed.

— Judith Butler

To me the definition of true masculinity - and femininity, too - is being able to lay in your own skin comfortably.

— Vincent D'Onofrio

Masculinity is risky and elusive. It is achieved by a revolt from woman, and it is confirmed only by other men. Manhood coerced into…

— Camille Paglia

For me, I think there is no absolute standard on masculinity.

— Lee Tae-min

Masculinity is what you believe it to be. I think masculinity and femininity is something that's very old-fashioned. There's a whole new generation of…

— Johnny Weir

Femininity and masculinity are social constructs. Female and male are biological. We don't have to learn to be men or women but we do…

— Rita Mae Brown

The gender thing doesn't exist; it's a social construct you don't have to fit into.

— Rain Dove

Masculinity involves feminine qualities, and femininity involves masculine qualities.

— Dan Levy

Masculinity is a terrible problem, as we construe it and shape it.

— Susan Griffin