An object of the present invention is to provide a connector suitable for the miniaturization. <??>A female housing 20 is provided with a lock arm 30 for holding a mating male connector M in a connected state. The lock arm 30 is comprised of an arm portion 31 extending along forward and backward directions and a pressing portion 32 extending along widthwise direction. The arm portion 31 is resiliently deformed with a supporting portion 33 as a supporting point and provided with a lock portion 34 engageable with the male connector M. The lock arm 31 is displaced in unlocking direction by pressing the pressing portion 32. A pair of coupling portions 35 coupled to the female housing 20 are provided at the opposite ends of the pressing portion 32. These coupling portions 35 are formed to be inclined upward toward a widthwise middle portion 32a of the pressing portion 32. <IMAGE>
