For a moment, however, the woman failed to respond to the gesture.
His woman had failed to be there to meet him.
For the first time women could vote and stand as candidates, but failed to win a seat.
If the woman fails, the group is not allowed to look the final.
A white woman fails to understand how she's being a racist.
Individual black men and women simply cannot fail on their own, they must be seen as never having had a chance.
The woman failed to show up for a summer court date.
It is in this sense that many women have failed feminism.
Or even why women too often fail to understand one another.
"Only three women on the ship and you've failed with one of them."