Take a scroll through Instagram or TikTok, and you’ll see plenty of posts about what it means to have “feminine energy.” One video offers a three-step guide on “how to radiate feminine energy,” while ...

Take a scroll through Instagram or TikTok, and you’ll see plenty of posts about what it means to have “feminine energy.” One video offers a three-step guide on “how to radiate feminine energy,” while ...

In the eight years since Love Island first crashed onto our screens like a reality TV wrecking ball, it’s become a cliche to describe it as “toxic”. “Toxic relationships”. “Toxic bullying”. Most of ...

You'd think that embracing femininity would be easy because it's natural, but there are some common mistakes many women make along the way. The main problem seems to be that we often struggle to ...

Another personality test is dominating TikTok, hot on the heels of the "What Little Miss Am I?" quiz going viral. The latest popular quiz goes by the name of "13 Feminine Seduction Archetypes," and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Christine Michel Carter covers working mothers, diversity, and jobs. “Toxic femininity is a form of manipulation based on deeply ...

At least 17 times a day, whether it's while taking out the trash, washing the dishes or working to a deadline, I mutter to myself: "I need to marry rich." I daydream about bumping into my mysterious ...

What are the first words that come to mind when trying to describe femininity? Chances are that many of the words that surface hold negative connotations: fragile, weak, delicate, frivolous, ...

Somewhere along the way, femininity became confused with fragility. Softness got mistaken for weakness. Sensitivity became something to hide, not honour. And for many women, being feminine started to ...

Recently, I talked with a former male student of mine who had been hearing and reading more about “toxic masculinity”: what it is, how it can be expressed and its implications and consequences.