womanhood
kewanitaan
definition
noun
she was on the very brink of womanhood
the state or condition of being a woman.
example
And did Berry baring her torso in Swordfish provide the wholesome image of black 'womanhood' that the NAACP says it wants to promote?
This time we play Cupid, and what we behold is a smoother landscape with fewer peaks and valleys, a thoroughly modern image of taut contemporary 'womanhood' .
True 'womanhood' emphasized the qualities of piety, purity, maternity, submissiveness, virtue, and domesticity.
She personifies the ‘unstained patriotic American 'womanhood' our boys are fighting for.’
Some say it is a ritual initiation into 'womanhood' .
A male clergy found a way of harnessing the devotion of women, whether in congregations or not, to promote the cult of the Virgin, both as a way of feminizing Catholicism and of legitimizing the virtues of 'womanhood' and motherhood.
Women responded positively to this new ideal, for it endowed motherhood, and thus 'womanhood' , with a new sense of dignity and purpose.
Kate Sheedy is a very pretty, intelligent and articulate girl teetering on the brink of 'womanhood' .
From its inception, the genteel performance was connected with ideologies of gender, particularly the ideal of true 'womanhood' .
Backed up by the views of psychologists, doctors and an actress who almost died trying to conform to the currently dominant stick - insect look, I looked forward to a return to a healthier ideal of 'womanhood' .
she was on the very brink of 'womanhood'
I was uncovering a powerful voice of 'womanhood' , embracing woman's strength, and heeding woman's necessary urging call.
It is one that has long existed not only as a cultural dimension for ethnic, national and religious communities but for other groups too; feminists find their identity in their 'womanhood' and the Welsh in their language.
At 17, Cassandra is poised on the brink of 'womanhood' .
On the other hand, 'womanhood' is associated with the characteristics of being sensible, tender, nurturing and caring.
Central to the idea of Mother Teresa is this idea of 'womanhood' , of the feminine, of selflessness, calling and sacrifice.
Even in childhood and young 'womanhood' , there is little of the contingent and insignificant detail which humanises the great.
half of Britain's 'womanhood' is dress size 14 and over
She has presented women figures in an artistic impact-assessment on the concept of 'womanhood' across centuries.
I have always considered them a frivolity that does nothing to enhance the condition of 'womanhood' .
Motherhood is a powerful metaphor because it is central to esteemed ideals of 'womanhood' , particularly among Latinos.
Women were, strictly speaking, not allowed to fulfill the highest ideal of filial piety, an ideal that was ironically grounded in the virtue attributed to ideal 'womanhood' - the maternal instinct to care and be cared for.
Rachel and Samson fight over their guests, leaving Samson to ponder the complexities of 'womanhood' that he does not understand.
Yet while she recognizes the limiting conditions of constructed 'womanhood' , Brittain refuses to accept them.
These imagined and real mothers provide an important counter to the negative images of black 'womanhood' circulated in other media.
We see Annie Allen grow from childhood to 'womanhood' in an atmosphere conditioned by poverty, racial discrimination, parental expectations, and unhappiness.
They are relics from the past, certainly, but a past ideal of Indian 'womanhood' that impinges all too easily on India's troubled present and has serious repercussions for India's future.
This characterisation is problematic, as here Mehta is reinforcing the stereotype of docile, demure, and pristine femininity as the ideal form of South Asian 'womanhood' .
And in any case, polyandry is certainly not the ideal for Indian 'womanhood' .
The resolution of the Duchess's feud with the Binney family underscores the character's position as the apparent antithesis of true black 'womanhood' .
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