Physiognomy of Women

It was truly a lesson in don't take something at face value. You know, so many of us do in life. Whether it's because of how somebody looks or because of what they're wearing or what have you, you kind of assess a person in the first five minutes before they even speak. ~ Shemar Moore

They say never try to understand a woman. The more you try, the more you will get confused. Oscar Wilde may have learned this fact the hard way, and therefore, he came up with the following famous quote: "Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood". She may say everything is alright, but in reality, there's a storm building up within her. You may find the most beautiful girl you ever met in your life, but is she as beautiful on the inside? This brings up the need for learning the art of physiognomy of women. Face reading is a very ancient art that may have originated in India and spread to other countries like Iran as well as France. Based on physical characteristics of a person's face, one can assume most of the different aspects of their character as well as personality. So, if you want to know more about the inner self based on the outer characteristics, read on the following tips on physiognomy of a woman's face.

Physiognomy of a Woman's Face

It's not just the face of a person you know, but also recognizing the characteristics of one's own face. This will help you learn all the positive as well as negative traits of your personality. The following facial features of women and their corresponding characteristics will help you know these fine points related to your own, as well as the personality of others.

Physiognomy of Women's Face
Head
The head can speak a lot about a woman. If the front portion of the head is straight, it indicates the woman is lucky. An arched head shows she is lucky as well as leading a comfortable life. A round head indicates the woman may be unlucky in life. Women with long head are said to have a questionable character.
Hair
The hair is said to help measure the inner strength of a woman. Women with thick, coarse and wild hair are said to have very high physical as well as mental strength. These women are thought to maintain great resilience in their lives. Women with thin, silky hair are said to be sensitive in nature. Those who have black colored hair are thought to be lucky and wealthy. Red hair women are considered to be of ill temper and quarrelsome in nature.
Forehead
The forehead gives the first impression about a woman. A long and broad forehead means the woman is unlucky in life. Woman with the forehead covered in hair or has a depression in the center, it indicates she may be jealous and have ill will towards some people.
Eyebrows
Eyebrows are the next feature that catches one's attention. Bow shaped eyebrows with soft, black hair indicate beauty and strong character. Wide, wavy, golden colored, bushy eyebrows indicate the woman is unlucky as well as of a mean nature. Straight eyebrows indicate an unlucky woman.
Eyes
Eyes, the window of the soul, speak a lot about a person. Women with large eyes that shine are said to have a dominating nature, lucky as well as leader. Small eyes that appear gloomy and round indicate the woman is shrewd and imposes self limitations that prevent her from growing in life. A woman with drowsy, sleepy eyes means she loves mingling with the opposite sex and may have loose morals.
Mouth
One can tell a lot about relationships by examining the lips. A woman with thin upper lip and a broader lower lip indicates she may have problems reciprocating her feelings in a relationship. A woman with thin lower lip and thicker upper lip may indicate she gives in too much to build and maintain a relationship. A self centered, mean woman has small, tightly pursued lips. A lady with full lips means she is expressive, generous as well as loves the rich things offered by life.
Nose
A woman with a straight nose indicates she is intelligent, witty, wise as well as full of perseverance. Women with a small nose are said to be cunning, shrewd as well as mischievous. A proud woman who is also lazy and loves the pleasures of life is said to have wide, flaring nostrils. Good matured women have a hook shaped nose.


Physiognomy of Women's Body
Height
Women of an average height are supposed to be the loved by their husbands a lot. They are known to perform their household duties well. Very tall women are not considered to be sexy and very attractive by the opposite sex. Short women are supposed to be happy go lucky kinds. They love to experiment in the bed and are said to be very sweet natured.
Neck
A smooth, not very long and well proportionate neck is said to be an asset related to the woman's beauty. Deer like necks are popular and loved by all. Too fat and wide neck indicates the woman will have a bad nature and get herself involved in carrying out mischief. If the woman has three wrinkles on her neck, it indicates she will have wealth and good luck.
Shoulders
Women with crooked and hairy shoulders are considered unlucky. Women with not too broad and fleshy shoulders are said to be lucky.
Hands
Women with very long hands are said to be unlucky. Those who have rough dry hands are said to spend a life of struggle. Soft, delicate hands indicate wealth and good fortune.
Fingers
Women with long, thin fingers are said to have good luck on their side. Women with small, spatula shaped fingers with hair on the back are said to be unlucky. Short and fat fingers indicate the woman is of a stubborn nature. Small thumbs and conical fingers indicate the woman is clever and very faithful towards her husband. Square shaped fingers and broad thumbs indicate the woman is mischievous and a fighter cock. Women with pointed and thin fingers are said to have a passionate and social nature.
Belly Button
If the belly button or navel is deep, she will be very popular and will be dear to her husband. Broad, fleshy navel indicates the woman is lucky.
Waist
Woman with a fat waist is said to love good dresses. A narrow, well-formed waist, smooth and not very hairy indicates the woman is lucky. Big, flabby waist is said to indicate the woman is shrewd and wicked in nature.
Thighs
Women who have round, straight, fleshy thighs are said to be brave and kind hearted. Women with broad, hairy thighs are said to spend a life of struggle. Thin, skinny thighs indicate the woman is unlucky.
Ankles
Ankles of a woman that are fleshy and round, indicate the woman will have a very fortunate life. Broad or disproportionate ankles indicate bad luck.
Feet
When all the toes touch the ground and the full foot falls on the ground while walking, it indicates the woman is very fortunate. When the third and the fourth toe does not touch the ground while walking, it indicates the woman may become a widow.
Toe Nails
Women with red colored toe nails are said to live a comfortable life. Yellow colored toe nails indicate she will be poor, pink indicates a woman of a shrewd and wicked nature. White colored toe nails means the woman may live a life of struggle and misery. Black colored toe nails indicate the woman may have a loose character.

These were some physical attributes that tell you a lot about a woman. However, one should not follow these traits by the look. Even if a person has certain characteristics, does not make them good or bad in reality. You need to consider other factors as well before passing a judgment about a person. Physiognomy of men differs from the physiognomy of women. It is always good to have a bit of knowledge about face reading. How far you use the information in practical life, is up to you.

Women in Literature

Women in literature were more written about in books back in the day on feminism in literature, since this concept revolved around core book structures of being a downtrodden sex. They tried to bring in the ideology of equality, with men not being the domineering sex. There's been much debate about it over the centuries, and now in most cultures women have their rights, and can command respect from men. It is a controversial arena where men think they have the upper hand, treating women in an uncongenial, overbearing fashion. That is not the case anymore today, where women do not have to fight to be noticed, and secure a place in society where they are not looked down upon. It is those cultures that have risen above the blinded idea of women being a lesser important sex, that are progressing. We look here at authors both men and women who've voiced these certain issues and addressed them openly through women related literature. Feminism has been approached in an upfront manner, covering these must read books of all time.

Feminist Literature

Given here is a list of authors, that over the centuries have written books based on feminism, that date back as far as the 15th century. Also featured here are world famous women for their literary works.

Name of Book     Author Name
The Treasure of the City of Ladies     Christine de Pisan
The Superior Excellence of Women Over Men     Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa
Se l'egalite des deux sexes     Prancois Poullain de la Barre
Declaration of the Rights of Woman and Female Citizen     Olympe de Gourges
Her Protection for Women     Jane Anger
The Skeleton Count, or The Vampire Mistress     Elizabeth Caroline Gray
Indiana     George Sand
Lelia     George Sand
Woman in the Nineteenth Century     Margaret Fuller
The Woman with Prospects     Concepcion Arenal
Jane Eyre     Charlotte Bronte
The Adventures of a Women in Search of her Rights     Florence Claxton
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl     Harriet Jacobs
Papa's Own Girl     Marie Howland
A Doll's House     Henrik Ibsen
The Awakening     Kate Chopin
New Amazonia     Elizabeth Burgoyne Corbett
The New Woman     Boleslaw Prus
The House of Mirth     Edith Wharton
Three Guineas     Virginia Woolf
The Radical Women Manifesto: Theory, Program and Structure     Various Authors
A Room of One's Own     Virginia Woolf
Against Our Will     Susan Brownmiller
Literary Women     Ellen Moers
The Bloody Chamber     Angela Carter
When God Was a Woman     Merlin Stone
The Traffic of Women     Gayle Rubin
Pure Lust     Mark Daly
In a Different Voice     Carol Gilligan
Black Feminist Thought     Patricia Hill Collins
Race, Class and Gender in the U.S     Paula Rothenberg
Sexual/Textual Politics     Toril Moi
A Vindication of the Rights of Whores     Gail Pheterson
To Be Real     Rebecca Walker
Upanibesh     Sarojini Sahoo
Pratibandi     Sarojini Sahoo
Not my Mother's Sister: Generational Conflict and Third-Wave Feminism     Astrid Henry
Stripped Inside the Lives of Exotic Dancers     Benadette Barton

Female Characters in Literature

Female characters have been in literature, a symbolic icon where she stands for many characters, that convey a certain message. You will see these women through good times and bad, controversial debates or human trafficking, in love or being heartbroken, being lost and alone, as infidels looking for love and a whole more on the lives of the fictional and non fictional. Here are novels based on some of the best female characters in women in literature.

Name of Book     Female Character     Author Name
Pride and Prejudice     Elizabeth Bennett     Jane Austen
Inside Daisy Clover     Daisy Clover     Gavin Lambert
Anna Karenina     Anna Karenina     Leo Tolstoy
Madame Bovary     Madame Bovary     Gustave Flaubert
Gone with the Wind     Scarlett O' Hara     Margaret Mitchell
The Awakening and Selected Stories     Edna Pontellier     Kate Chopin
Agnes Grey     Agnes Grey     Anne Bronte
Wuthering Heights     Cathy     Emily Bronte
The Great Gatsby     Daisy Buchannan     F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Postman Always Rings Twice     Cora     James M. Cain
Vanity Fair     Becky Sharp     William Makepeace Thackeray
Dracula     Mina and Lucy     Bram Stoker
A Murder is Announced     Miss Marple     Agatha Christie
Rebecca     Mrs. Danvers     Daphne DuMaurier

Mothers in Literature

The women who've played the roles of the good moms and bad moms, have had people either adore them or hate them. Find out the best in written literature from these good books to read, from this book list covering good and bad mothers.

Name of Book     Mother Characters     Author Name
Little Women     Marmee     Louisa May Alcott
Sophie's Choice     Sophie Zawistowska     William Styron
Portney's Complaint     Sophie Portnoy     Philip Roth
Mother's Day     June Cleaver     Isaac Asimov
The Hours     Laura Brown     Michael Cunningham
A Doll's House     Nora Helmer     Henrik Ibsen
Precious     Mary Lee Johnston     Sapphire
Flowers in the Attic     Corinne Dollanganger     Virginia Andrews
Carrie     Margaret     Stephen King

These women in literature are the ones that keep us glued to our novels, hoping that the end is a happy one and not devastating. We get into these stories like it were real, and we relate to them when emotions and situations seem so life like. I hope that you build on a love for reading to avail yourself from these great books. Keep reading!