femme

Summary

femme ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,546 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• femme is a type of gender expression^[2].
• femme is a type of gender role^[3].
• femme is a type of gender stereotype^[4].
• femme is part of butch and femme^[5].
• femme is part of femininity^[6].
• femme is part of hyperfemininity^[7].
• femme is part of lesbianism^[8].
• femme is part of sapphism^[9].
• femme's Commons category is recorded as Femme lesbian^[10].
• femme is the opposite of butch^[11].
• femme's facet of is recorded as lesbianism^[12].
• femme's facet of is recorded as female bisexuality^[13].
• femme's partially coincident with is recorded as futch^[14].
• femme's different from is recorded as Femme^[15].
• femme's different from is recorded as effeminacy^[16].
• femme's different from is recorded as feminine^[17].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include gender expression^[2], gender role^[3], and gender stereotype^[4]. femme is the opposite of butch^[11].

Use and Application

Part of include butch and femme^[5], a LGBTQ slang^[18]; femininity^[6], a gender expression^[19]; hyperfemininity^[7], an ideology^[20]; lesbianism^[8], a sexual orientation^[21]; and sapphism^[9], a sexual orientation^[22].

Why It Matters

femme ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,546 views/month).^[1] femme has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[23] femme is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[24]