History Main / AcceptableFeminineGoalsAndTraits

* LongHairIsFeminine: Hair wore long (and preferably loose) is the only womanly style. Short hair is boyish and unfeminine.

* MaidenAunt: A spinster can be valued if she fosters the education of her sister's/brother's children or act as a nanny or a mentor/chaperone for her inexperienced young nieces.
* MakeupIsEvil: While looking good is supposed to be high on her priority list, using makeup/plastic surgery/hair dye/colored contacts/figure-enhancing undergarments/fake nails/hair extensions/etc. is cheating; beauty must be natural and effortless.

** MotherhoodIsSuperior: A perk of being a mother (in contrast to being a father) is that it somehow allows you to be perfectly morally right, if you can chalk up your actions to being a MamaBear.

* RealWomenDontWearDresses: A female character can be strong and assertive or pretty and feminine, sometimes both, sometimes not both.
** PowerHair: To that end, women in power ''must'' cut their hair short, or else be seen as weak and vapid.

* RealWomenDontWearDresses: A female character can be strong and assertive or pretty and feminine, but not both.

** MotherhoodIsSuperior: A perk of being a mother is that it somehow allows you to be perfectly morally right, if you can chalk up your actions to being a MamaBear.

* WeddingEnhancedFertility: If she gets married, she should get pregnant right away; if she doesn't want to, or can't, something is wrong with her.

* FashionModel: Since it's perceived as a passive job, and the main task is to look pretty.

* CaretakingIsFeminine: Jobs that involve caring for others, such as nursing or babysitting, are seen to be women's duties.

Note that while this can be gender stereotyping, which is a bad thing, it [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools can also be a way of rounding out a character]]. Real people, even an ActionGirl or a WrenchWench, can have interests outside kicking ass or fixing machines. A strong female character isn't any less strong if she's also a SupremeChef.

* WidowWoman: If a woman loses her husband, especially if she's still young, she must [[WidowsWeeds wear black or dark colours]] and demonstrate appropriate mourning behaviour.

-->-- '''''[[WebVideo/BestOfTheWorst Best of the Worst]]''''' watches ''{{Film/Supergirl}}''

** KickingAssInAllHerFinery: Wearing highly impractical clothes such as stilettos, ballgowns, skirts and/or jewellery makes a woman feminine enough to partake in action scenes.

** MRSDegree: Consequence of the above. Women only go to college to find husbands.

* YamatoNadeshiko: The Oriental ProperLady.

* FemalesAreMoreInnocent: Men do evil because [[ForTheEvulz they enjoy it]] or because [[AmbitionIsEvil they want something that can only be obtained that way]]. Women are coerced into doing evil by evil men.

* LieBackAndThinkOfEngland: [[AllWomenArePrudes Women]] aren't supposed to ''enjoy'' sex, initiate it, or seek it out. Sex is something men ''[[MenActWomenAre do to]]'' women, not that both partners equally share. If a "good" woman has any sex InUniverse, it's only either a) to please her husband or long-term boyfriend (and thus, at least in theory, [[ImAManICantHelpIt keep him from cheating or leaving]]), or b) to make babies, never for her own pleasure or enjoyment. A woman who enjoys sex, has too much of it, or expresses sexuality or sexual desire [[MyGirlIsNotASlut will lose audience sympathy]].

* NothingNiceboutSugarAndSpice: When a woman/girl exploits at least one (and usually several) of these tropes while being depraved and/or violent.

* MRSDegree: Women only go to college to find husbands.