Woman

A woman is an adult female human being, as contrasted with a man, an adult male, and a girl, a female child. The term woman (irregular plural: women) is used to indicate biological sex distinctions, cultural gender role distinctions, or both.

See also

• Famous women in history
• Female roles in the World Wars
• Gender and sexuality studies
• Gynaecology
• Heroines in literature
• Matriarchy
• Misogyny
• New Woman
• Obstetrics
• Women in science fiction
• Women's cinema