Provocative and stylish, strong but essentially feminine.
Eric Berne termed that conflictual aspect of the love triangle "Let's You and Him Fight"; and considered "the psychology is essentially feminine.
The girl from Philadelphia seemed rather mannish to him; but Kay White, in spite of her overalls and self reliance, was essentially feminine.
It also means that your soul is essentially feminine.
Valley Road prayer-meetings seemed to be essentially feminine.
William exploits his masculinity and gender stereotypes to compensate for the assumption that Asian men are essentially feminine.
Most empirical or theoretical research into women's sexual orientation has, historically, been guided by the idea of lesbians as essentially masculine and heterosexual women as essentially feminine.
You've no respect for facts, Rachel; you're essentially feminine.
However, unlike Plato's account of male love, Ulrichs understood male urnings to be essentially feminine, and male dionings to be masculine in nature.
Liberalism is an essentially feminine, submissive worldview.