Just like we did with masculinity, we will first start by investigating the root of the word femininity. The word originates fēminīnus, from fēmina (“woman”) from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh-m̥hn-eh (“(the one) nursing, breastfeeding. Interestingly enough, the word female and male were not originally linked etymologically. What is a woman? The word woman has been defined in … Continue reading Battle of the sexes: A case for femininity