The movements and ideologies of feminism have a shared goal of achieving gender equality. Some women are denied reproductive rights. Violence against women, whether within families or in communities, has a long history and is primarily committed by men. With restrictions loosening during the 20th century in many societies, women have gained wider access to careers and the ability to pursue higher education. Throughout human history, traditional gender roles within societies have often defined and limited women's activities and opportunities, resulting in gender inequality many religious doctrines and legal systems stipulate certain rules for women. Women typically have less facial and other body hair, have a higher body fat composition, and are on average shorter and less muscular than men. These characteristics facilitate childbirth and breastfeeding. An adult woman generally has a wider pelvis, broader hips, and larger breasts than an adult man. Female anatomy is distinguished from male anatomy by the female reproductive system, which includes the ovaries, fallopian tubes, uterus, vagina, and vulva. More generally, sex differentiation of the female fetus is governed by the lack of a present, or functioning, SRY gene on either one of the respective sex chromosomes. Typically, women are of the female sex and inherit a pair of X chromosomes, one from each parent, and fertile women are capable of pregnancy and giving birth from puberty until menopause. Before adulthood, a woman is referred to as a girl (a female child or adolescent).

International Girl's Day and Women's DayĪ woman is an adult female human.African-American women's suffrage movement.Discrimination against transgender women.

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