A woman is an adult female human, as contrasted with a man (an adult male), and a girl, (a female child). The term woman (irregular plural: women) is used to indicate biological sex distinctions, cultural gender role distinctions, or both. Woman - Etymology. The English term "man" (from Proto-Germanic mannaz "man, person") and words derived therefrom can designate any or even all of the human race regardless of their gender or age. This is indeed the oldest usage of "man". In Old Englis ...

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Biological factors are not the sole determinants of whether persons are considered, or consider themselves, women. Some women can have abnormal hormonal or chromosomal differences (such as congenital adrenal hyperplasia, complete or partial androgen insensitivity syndrome or other intersex conditions), and there are women who may be without, at least for an earlier part of their lives, typical female physiology (trans, transgendered or t ...

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The woman on top position, also called the reverse missionary, amazon, or cowgirl, is a type of sex position. In this position, the man lies on his back the woman sits on top of him facing him, with his body between her legs, and with her groin aligned over his to facilitate penetration. The name derives from the image of the woman "riding" the man like a cowboy rides a bucking horse. It is one of a number of female superior sexual positions, another being the reverse cowgirl.Including:

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Sex, in the scope of this article and category, refers to the male and female duality of biology and reproduction. The somewhat similar term gender has more to do with identity than biology. The concept is confined to organisms that reproduce sexually. The female sex is defined as the one which produces the larger gamete (i.e., reproductive cell) and which typically bears the offspring. The category of sex reflects the biological reproductive function, rather than sexaulity or other behaviors. In some lower animals, sex may be assigned to specific structures rather than the entire organism as some species, such a ...

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Defined by feminist author, Alice Walker, Womanism is a commonly used term that was coined to mean specifically African American Feminism, but it has developed into a more encompassing version of feminism that crosses lines of race and class. Walker first used the term in context in her collection of poems In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens: Womanist Prose. The need for this term arose from the early feminist movements that were led specifically by white women who advocated social changes such as the right to move from th ...

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Biology is the study, or science, of life. It is concerned with the characteristics and behaviors of organisms, how species and individuals come into existence, and the interactions they have with each other and with the environment. Biology encompasses a broad spectrum of academic fields that are often viewed as independent disciplines. However, together they address phenomena related to living organisms (biological phenomena) over a wide range of scales. Biology - Biological Phenomena. At the organism lev ...

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Wonder Woman. Brian Bolland, artist Wonder Woman is a DC Comics superheroine. Co-created by William Moulton Marston with his wife Elizabeth (Sadie) Holloway Marston, Wonder Woman first appeared in All Star Comics #8 (December, 1941). She was one of the first female superheroes and is still arguably the most famous. In most adaptations, Wonder Woman is Princess Diana of the Amazon warrior tribe of Greek mythology. (Note that Diana is the Roman name for the Greek goddess on whom this character is ...

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Another Woman is a 1988 Woody Allen film about an emotionally reticent woman. It stars Gena Rowlands and Mia Farrow and does not feature Allen in an acting role. ...

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When God Was a Woman is the U.S. title of a book (©1976 ISBN 0-15-696158-X) published earlier in the U.K. as The Paradise Papers. Written by sculptor and art history professor Merlin Stone, When God Was a Woman attempts to uncover an earlier time in the history of Judaism and sister ancient religions, when it was the Goddess - not the God - who was the principal deity. Stone discusses the rise of mysogyny and hatred of goddess worship within Israelite society and makes connections there from to the later ...

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The bearded woman has been a phenomenon of legend, curiosity, ridicule and more recently political statement. A small number of women are able to grow what may appear to be a Beard. This is usually not truly beard growth, but simply dark body hair. Cultural pressure leads most to remove it, as it may be viewed as a social stigma. Notable exceptions were the famous (and usually fake) bearded women of the circus sideshows of the 19th and early 20th centu ...

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Written in 1792, Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman is one of the earliest works on "the woman question" and influenced the earliest feminists in England and America in the 19th century, primarily in their distancing themselves from the work due to the controversial life of its author. Some major themes of this work are education for girls, the debased position of women in societ ...

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In terms of sex, men have various sexual characteristics that differentiate them from women. Just as in women, the sex organs of a man are part of the reproductive system, consisting of the penis, testicles, vas deferens and other sperm cords, and the prostate gland. The male reproductive system is oriented around producing and ejaculating semen which carries sperm and thus genetic information. Since sperm that enters a woman's uterus and then fallopian tubes goes on to fertilize an egg which develops into a fetus or child, the male reproductive system plays no necessary role during the gestation. The concept of fatherhood an ...

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Penetration is quite deep, and the woman can control the depth and intensity of penetration. Clitoral pressure may not be very intense, but can be provided by hand, or by the man periodically semi-withdrawing and manipulating his penis against the woman's clitoris, or by other means. Proponents of the cowgirl position say there are these advantages: Both partners can see one another, and in particular the man can view and caress the woman's breasts while they are in a more natural position. Often the man can dela ...

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Female superior sex was promoted by some feminists of the 20th century. For example, Avedon Carol recalls in an essay on feminism and BDSM that: "I definitely felt I was under pressure from some quarters to be dominant if I was going to persist in my unfortunate tendency to interact sexually with men. It was also made clear to me that I was supposed to prefer the "female superior" position in intercourse." [1] ...

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In humans, sex is conventionally perceived as a dichotomous state or identity for most biological and social purposes, such that a person can only be female or male. However, when the criteria which are generally used to define femaleness or maleness are examined more closely, it becomes apparent that the assignment or determination of 'sex' occurs at multiple levels. Environmental, biological, social, psychological and other factors are all believed to have some role in this process, and the complex intera ...

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Although not the case in every culture, most religious practices contain taboos or fetishes in regard to sex, sex organs and the reproductive process. History of sex - Judaism. In Jewish law, sex is not considered shameful, sinful or obscene. Sex is considered a private and holy act between a husband and wife. Sex is not a necessary evil for the sole purpose of procreation. However, the residue of sex (as with any lost bodily fluid) was considered ritual ...

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Although not the case in every culture, most religious practices contain taboos or fetishes in regard to sex, sex organs and the reproductive process. History of sex - Judaism. In Jewish law, sex is not considered shameful, sinful or obscene. Sex is considered a private and holy act between a husband and wife. Sex is not a necessary evil for the sole purpose of procreation. However, the residue of sex (as with any lost bodily fluid) was considered ritual ...

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[…] The finest achievement of the new woman has been personal liberty. This is the foundation of civilization; and as long as any one class is watched suspiciously, even fondly guarded, and protected, so long will that class not only be weak, and treacherous, individually, but parasitic, and a collective danger to the community. Who has not heard wives commended for wheedling their husbands out of money, or joked because they are hopelessly extravagant? As long as caprice and scheming are considered feminine virtues, as long as man is the ...

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