(something) could use a female touch
Something would benefit from a change or influence according to the styles and sensibilities commonly associated with or attributed to women. A variant of the more common phrase "could use a woman's touch." I think the script could use a female touch. It's all action and exposition—there's no time given at all to developing the characters or their relationships. Wow, I know I said his apartment could use a female touch, but I didn't expect it to be so much brighter and more inviting since Aliya moved in! The exposed brick, the steel beams—it's awfully cold and industrial in here. This place could really use a female touch to soften things a bit.
a female touch
A change or influence according to the styles and sensibilities commonly associated with or attributed to women. A variant of the more common phrase "a woman's touch." I think the script could use a female touch. It's all action and exposition—there's no time given at all to developing the characters or their relationships. Wow, his apartment is so much brighter and more inviting since Aliya moved in with him. I guess it needed a female touch. The exposed brick, the steel beams—it's awfully cold and industrial in here. This place could really use a female touch to soften things a bit.
female logic
The ways in which women view or interpret situations, particularly how they differ from male views or interpretations (especially regarding the same things). I'll never understand the female logic that tells women they all need to go to the bathroom together. And then she got mad at me for getting her the gift she said she wanted instead of surprising her with something else. That's female logic for you! A: "I don't get the female logic that tells you all that being passive-aggressive is the way to go." B: "Oh, because you men are such great communicators? Yeah, right!"
need a female touch
To require or benefit from a change or influence according to the styles and sensibilities commonly associated with or attributed to women. A variant of the more common phrase "need a woman's touch." I think the script needs a female touch. It's all action and exposition—there's no time given at all to developing the characters or their relationships. Wow, his apartment is so much brighter and more inviting since Aliya moved in with him. I guess it needed a female touch.
present as (someone or something)
1. To act or seem to be identifiable as a particular sex, gender, or sexual orientation. You're less likely to get harassed if you present as a heteronormative man. When I presented as female, people definitely didn't see me as an authority figure.
2. To depict, portray, or describe someone, something, or oneself as a particular kind or type of person or thing. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is used between "present" and "as." The film presents the dictator as a benevolent but misunderstood leader. She was arrested for presenting herself as a lawyer to several people, offering discreet legal help in exchange for large fees.
the female of the species is more deadly than the male
proverb Women are dangerous. The phrase implies that women are more dangerous than men, likening them to animal species in which the female is more powerful or aggressive than the male. The phrase comes from Rudyard Kipling's 1911 poem, "The Female of the Species." Jane might look tiny, but she's a tough broad, and she brings that old saying to mind—the female of the species is more deadly than the male.
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female of the species is more deadly than the male
Prov. In many animal species, the female is poisonous and the male is not, and, by analogy, women are more dangerous than men. Bill: My old girlfriend's been threatening me ever since I broke up with her, but she's too small and weak to do me any harm. Fred: I'd be careful if I were you. The female of the species is more deadly than the male.
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