This is the 9866th most frequent French word.
femmes
Women.
In this sentence, 'femmes' is used as a subject in the plural form to denote women as a general group.
Les femmes sont souvent considérées comme la colonne vertébrale de la société.
Women are often regarded as the backbone of society.
Here, 'femmes' is the object of the preposition 'de' in a plural form, describing the subject of depictions.
Dans la peinture, il est courant de voir des représentations de femmes.
In paintings, it is common to see depictions of women.
The term 'femmes' is used as part of the possessive expression 'des femmes,' referring to rights of women specifically.