ABSTRACT
Females differ hugely in their expression of gender, not just with how different they are from males, but in how different they are from each other too. There are girly, frilly, ultra-feminine girls, while others show less dominant female attributes and sit at the further end of the female spectrum where females resent almost any hint of being female and live as tomboys, even if they have XX chromosomes. Girls can sometimes blame others, internalise their feelings or develop co-morbid conditions such as anxiety, depression, eating disorders or hyperactivity. Girls become women and the expectations on women only grow bigger. Women are expected to marry, have a family, run a household and often some form of employment too. Women must face many challenging changes to their bodies, including menstruation, growing through puberty into the curves and shapely form of womanhood.
