Woman
A woman (/ˈwʊmən/), pl: women (/ˈwɪmɨn/) is a female human. The term woman is usually reserved for an adult, with the term girl being the usual term for a female child or adolescent. However, the term woman is also sometimes used to identify a female human, regardless of age, as in phrases such as "Women's rights". Unlike men, women are typically capable of giving birth.
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Famous quotes containing the word woman:
“When a man bores a woman, she complains. When a woman bores a man, he ignores her.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“She took you the way a woman takes
a bargain dress off the rack
and I broke the way a stone breaks.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
“The desire of the man is for the woman, but the desire of the woman is for the desire of the man.”
—Germaine de Staël (1766–1817)