It led them to evolve their meeting styles to follow a feminine model rather than the male structure of Robert's Rules of Order, for example. Sisters once followed a rigid patriarchal system. Now they meet with consensus-building in mind. They don't ring a bell or bang a gavel to call meetings to order. In a way, women's religious orders, almost without knowing it, have been at the forefront of the women's lib movement.
Sisters are now aware of themselves as women too.
They talk about feminine issues. They recognize that they go through all the things that women in the secular world go through - physical changes, growing older, losing family and friends. In fact, I was one of the first to pierce my ears. For me it was an expression of my femininity to have my ears pierced. It was celebrating that and not denying it.