For this reason, many (but not all) people that identify as femme do not try to adhere to these stereotypes.
Because there are many stereotypes surrounding femininity, the term femme is often used to subvert cultural expectations about how a woman should look like. Some argue that the word femme can only be used to describe people in the LGBTQ+ spectrum, and it can be a synonym of the expression lipstick lesbian in some cases.
