The expected behavior associated with being female.

• A. Masculinity
• B. Femininity
• C. Gender
• D. Culture

Answer: (B)

Femininity is the social set of traits, behaviors, and roles that a culture expects from women. When a question points to the expected behavior associated with being female, it refers to femininity—the culturally shaped norms that guide how women are supposed to act, dress, speak, and relate to others. This is learned through socialization and can vary across cultures and over time, rather than being a fixed biological fact. Masculinity would describe the expectations tied to men, while gender is the broader category that includes being female or male and the social meanings attached to those identities. Culture provides the wider framework in which femininity is defined, but femininity itself is the specific pattern of expected behavior.