[[Vaizdas:SB - Altay shaman with drum.jpg|miniatiūra|left|200px|[[Altajiečiai]] šamanizmą laiko moterų užsiėmimu]]
'''Moteriškumas''' ({{en|Femininity}}) – [[etika|etinė]] kategorija, reiškianti [[moteris|moteriai]] būdingų savybių derinį: emocingumą, švelnumą, trapumą, nuoširdumą.<ref name="Vetterling-Braggin">{{cite book |editor-last=Vetterling-Braggin |editor-first=Mary |title='Femininity,' 'Masculinity,' and 'Androgyny': A Modern Philosophical Discussion |date=1982 |publisher=Rowman & Allanheld |isbn=0-8226-0399-3 |page=5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=afa7OPmP4ksC&q=%22in+common+usage+a+person's+gender%22 }}</ref><ref name="Kite">{{cite book |last=Kite |first=Mary E. |editor-last=Worell |editor-first=Judith |title=Encyclopedia of Women and Gender, Volume 1 |date=2001 |publisher=Academic Press |isbn=0-12-227245-5 |page=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofwo0000unse_g9b9/page/563 563] |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7SXhBdqejgYC&q=%22associated+with+women%22 |chapter=Gender Stereotypes |url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofwo0000unse_g9b9/page/563 }}</ref><ref name="Thomas">{{cite book |last=Thomas |first=R. Murray |title=Recent Theories of Human Development |year=2001 |publisher=Sage Publications |isbn=0-7619-2247-4 |url=https://books.google.com/?id=-RxIUDYIuiIC&q=%22traditional+feminine+traits%22 |page=248 |quote=}}</ref> Taip pat moteriškumas siejamas su [[estetika]] – kūno bruožų harmoninga išraiška, atskirianti moterišką kūną nuo vyriško. Moteriškumo samprata apima ne tik biologinį, bet ir socialinį bei kultūrinį aspektus, ji nesusijusi vien tik su biologine moters [[Lytis|lytimi]]<ref name="MartinFinn">{{cite book |last1=Martin |first1=Hale |last2=Finn |first2=Stephen E. |title=Masculinity and Femininity in the MMPI-2 and MMPI-A |date=2010 |publisher=University of Minnesota Press |isbn=978-0-8166-2444-7 |pages=5–13 |url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Masculinity_and_Femininity_in_the_MMPI_2.html?id=5KLPlmr9T7MC&q=%22what+masculinity+and+femininity+are%22 }}</ref><ref name=Lippa>{{cite book |last1=Lippa |first1=Richard A. |title=Gender, Nature, and Nurture |date=2005 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781135604257 |edition=2nd |pages=153–154, 218–225 |url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Gender_Nature_and_Nurture.html?id=R6OPAgAAQBAJ&q=%22biology+contributes%22+%22masculinity+and+femininity%22}}</ref><ref name="Wharton">{{cite book |last=Wharton |first=Amy S. |title=The Sociology of Gender: An Introduction to Theory and Research |date=2005 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-1-40-514343-1 |pages=29–31 |url=https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Sociology_of_Gender.html?id=SOTqzUeqmNMC&q=%22+biological+or+genetic+contributions%22 }}</ref> – egzistuoja ir „moteriškų“ vyrų samprata.
Priešingybė moteriškumui yra [[vyriškumas]], kuris suprantamas kaip tvirtumo, atkaklumo, agresyvumo ir panašių bruožų visuma.
