though perhaps too visual ?

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to check on my instinct I went online and found this !!
"Baby Doll interprétée par Caroll Baker est la jeune femme enfant paumée qui s’ennuie et se livre aux regards des hommes. Le..."

"Girlish" is often used to describe people's personalities

just an idea to work with - was the first thing that crossed my (one-track) mind

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haven't got time right now - but you should check out descriptions of femalee characters in the chandler-scripted bogart films like The Big Sleep, where there was always this kind of character (Bacall's younger sister in the Big Sleep), i.e. *precociulsy sexy* but immature

agée de 27 ans bientot, je suis maman d'un garçon d'un an et je vis en couple depuis plus de 5 ans, j'ai eu des problèmes familiaux (rejet de mes parents frere et soeur, problème d'integration dans mon enfance et aujourd'hui, après un suivi psycologique je dois dire que je vais bien mais je suis une femme enfant.
je n'arrive pas a grandir mentalement
je suis peu sur de moi. je suis nature et souvent je fais rire mes connaissance car je parle comme ça me vient sans forme.
je souhaiterais changer ça car meme si ça a des aventages ça a beaucoup d'inconvénient.
je n'arrive pas a m'accepter, je parle comme une petite fille, je suis très négative meme si je fais du bon travail au boulot ou si je suis maman et épouse
je ne sais pas si vous arrivez a me suivre mais j'aurais besoin d'aide car j'ai mis cinq ans a devenir ce que je suis maintenant mais je veux plus encore
je ne veux pas atteindre le parfais mais je veux etre a deux doigt de l'atteindre
merci a tous



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The term childlike woman has plenty of Google hits and seems to fit here.

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Sorry, didn't see Assimina's added note.

GOOGLE:

The prototype for a "child woman" is Brigitte Bardot. The reason why childlike women are perceived as being more attractive, is a biological...

think you've already figured it out in what you've written; the loving innocence and vulnerability given out by a childlike woman...

COLOR ME PERFECT
In 1996, Michele became the first woman to produce, write direct and star in an original motion picture for television. Color Me Perfect is the story of a free-spirited, childlike woman with limited intelligence who is chosen for a groundbreaking genetic experiment to improve her mental capacity. Amidst controversy, the woman becomes a genius and her life is changed forever. The film made its debut as an "event presentation" on Lifetime Television November 5, 1996.
http://www.eiconline.org/celeb/leemichele.php

The metamorphosis of the childlike woman into a woman who is aware of her self and her sexuality subverts all preconceived notions of Indian femininity.”
http://www.photoink.net/about_turn_text.doc


Ms. Vega is a tiny, appealing, childlike woman with dyed red hair who is dressed in hospital clothes. Her face and arms are covered with bruises and scratches from the events of the night before. She is smiling and seductive, rolling her eyes, crossing and recrossing her legs.The interview takes place in a small, windowless interviewing room into which are crowded the attending psychiatrist, five psychiatric residents, and two social workers. The attending psychiatrist asks her to describe what happened to her, and she says she was washing dishes at her boyfriend's house, where she had been living, and began to have chest pains. Her boyfriend's mother told her to lie down, and the next thing she remembers, she was in the emergency room in chains. The family told her that she "got wild" and tried to bite people. She explains that this has happened many times..."

http://www.psychiatryonline.com/content.aspx?aID=30106

http://www.slate.com/id/2136418/