"You can be in control of cross-dressing or it can be in control of you," Doyle says during a recent consultation. "Elaine" (not her real femme name) is what Doyle calls a "serious" cross-dresser: A ...

Toxic femininity is a form of internalized misogyny that involves restricting yourself to stereotypically “feminine” behaviors in order to appeal to men. It’s more common than you might think. Perhaps ...

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, ...

We hear a considerable amount about toxic masculinity but far less about toxic femininity, and some doubt that it exists. First, a definition: Women expressing stereotypically “feminine” traits such ...