Female is a sex that denotes an animal which produces egg cells in order to reproduce. (The "egg cell" is the larger gamete). Female or Feminine is a grammatical gender in many languages.
The female is one half of a heterogamous reproduction system, where the male is the other half. In many cases, a female cannot reproduce without sexual intercourse with a male, although some exceptions exist. What actually differentiates a female from a male is not always apparent, and in some cases is more a question of definition than anything else. 'Female' and 'male' designate reproductive structures in plants, so the concept is not just limited to animals. A woman is a female human being.
In most cultures, women are expected to conform to a standard female gender role. Female is commonly represented by the symbol ♀.
In all cases, specifically female infanticide reflects the low status accorded to women in most parts of the world; it is arguably the most brutal and destructive manifestation of the anti-female bias that pervades "patriarchal" societies.
Female neighbors buried her in a small hole near Lakshmi's square thatched hut of sunbaked mud.
The bias against females in India is related to the fact that "Sons are called upon to provide the income; they are the ones who do most of the work in the fields.
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