relating to being a woman, women, girl/girls, or femininity, or the qualities of such; for example, female scientists describes scientists who are women.
Female is also a gender identity that may be used in conjunction with other identities (such as a bisexual female, a transgender female, etc), as well as being a classification used for one’s sex assigned at birth.
A nonbinary person may describe themselves as being female-aligned.
In binary sex, individuals are often classified as being either female or male.
Originally published: 7th December, 2020
Last modified: 7th December, 2020