womanlike/womanliness/womanly

these vague and subjective cultural stereotypes convey different meanings to different people according to their perceptions of what a woman ought or ought not do, say, think, feel, and look like. Choose words instead that express precise characteristics: gracious/graciousness, warm/warmth, gentle/gentleness, receptive/receptivity, supportive/supportiveness, tender/tenderness, charming/charm, sympathetic/sympathy, nurturing/nurturance, well-mannered/good breeding, considerate/consideration, kind/kindness, intuitive/intuition, strong/gentle strength. These words may be used equally appropriately of a man. They are not synonymous with the sexist terms, but are rather what people generally seem to mean by them. See also gender.