effeminization
Making more feminine
Effeminization is the process of becoming or being made more feminine, especially when applied to males.
The term often carries negative connotations, implying weakness or loss of traditionally masculine qualities: He blamed the effeminization of American men on changing cultural values.
In medical contexts, it can describe hormonal changes that produce feminine physical characteristics in males.
Combined sex characteristics
- genderqueerOutside the two-category system
- nonbinaryOutside male-female categories
- transgenderGender differs from assignment
- genderfluidVariable gender identity
gender-neutral · queerness · transition · cross-dressing · fluidity · ambiguity · intersex · agender
Yielding to gentle pressure
- delicacyRefined sensitivity or rarity
- gentlenessSoft, kind demeanor
- sensitivityResponsiveness to stimuli
- tendernessGentle, caring quality
gracefulness · refinement · daintiness · demureness · expressiveness · emotionality · nurturing · receptivity
Pejorative for effeminate male
- stereotypingOversimplified group-based judgments
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- homophobiaPrejudice against same-sex attraction
mockery · ridicule · slur · taboo · shame · stigmatization · emasculating · infantilization
Removal of masculine power
- unmanlinessLack of masculine traits
- softeningBecoming less firm
- weaknessDeficiency in force
- passivityState of non-resistance
submissiveness · docility · meekness · timidity · vulnerability · pliability · castration · impotence
Domination through foreign settlement
- WesternizationAdopting Western cultural practices
- orientalismInterest in Eastern aesthetics
- otheringViewing as fundamentally different
- racializationAssigning people racial identities
exoticization · imperialism · subordination · civilization · modernity · assimilation
androgyny
Combined sex characteristics
- genderqueerOutside the two-category system
- nonbinaryOutside male-female categories
- transgenderGender differs from assignment
genderfluid · gender-neutral · queerness · transition · cross-dressing · fluidity · ambiguity · intersex · agender · unisex
softness
Yielding to gentle pressure
- delicacyRefined sensitivity or rarity
- gentlenessSoft, kind demeanor
- sensitivityResponsiveness to stimuli
tenderness · gracefulness · refinement · daintiness · demureness · expressiveness · emotionality · nurturing · receptivity · elegance
sissy
Pejorative for effeminate male
- stereotypingOversimplified group-based judgments
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
homophobia · mockery · ridicule · slur · taboo · shame · stigmatization · emasculating · infantilization · belittling
emasculation
Removal of masculine power
- unmanlinessLack of masculine traits
- softeningBecoming less firm
- weaknessDeficiency in force
passivity · submissiveness · docility · meekness · timidity · vulnerability · pliability · castration · impotence · neutering
colonialism
Domination through foreign settlement
- WesternizationAdopting Western cultural practices
- orientalismInterest in Eastern aesthetics
- otheringViewing as fundamentally different
racialization · exoticization · imperialism · subordination · civilization · modernity · assimilation
effeminizationmasculinization
Development of male traits
virilization · manning · androgenization · hypermasculinization
effeminizationhardening
Becoming less soft
toughening · coarsening · brutalization · roughening · steeling
effeminize, effeminate, effeminacy, feminine, feminize, feminization, femininity, feminist, feminism