masculinizing
Making more manly
Masculinizing means causing to develop male characteristics.
Hormone therapies or medical treatments may be masculinizing: masculinizing hormone therapy, masculinizing surgery.
Conditions or substances that produce male secondary sex characteristics—deeper voice, facial hair, increased muscle mass—are described as masculinizing.
The term appears frequently in transgender healthcare and endocrinology.
Chief male sex hormone
- hormonesBloodstream signaling molecules
- hormone therapyTreatment using body's messengers
- HRTSupplemental endocrine treatment
- endocrinologyScience of hormonal glands
androgen · secondary sex characteristics · body hair · facial hair · muscle mass · virilization · puberty · gynecomastia
Male-dominated social order
- machismoExcessive masculine pride
- male-dominatedControlled primarily by men
- virilityMasculine strength and potency
- manhoodAdult male status
paternalism · chauvinism · dominance · hegemony · patriarchal · alpha · bravado · toughness
Acknowledging one's true identity
- trans manMale-identified, female-assigned person
- top surgerySurgical chest contouring for gender
- chest bindingCompressing breast tissue flat
- gender dysphoriaDistress from body-identity mismatch
gender identity · transition · passing · hysterectomy · gender clinic · coming out · name change · gender marker
testosterone
Chief male sex hormone
- hormonesBloodstream signaling molecules
- hormone therapyTreatment using body's messengers
- HRTSupplemental endocrine treatment
endocrinology · androgen · secondary sex characteristics · body hair · facial hair · muscle mass · virilization · puberty · gynecomastia · hirsutism
patriarchy
Male-dominated social order
- machismoExcessive masculine pride
- male-dominatedControlled primarily by men
- virilityMasculine strength and potency
manhood · paternalism · chauvinism · dominance · hegemony · patriarchal · alpha · bravado · toughness · stoicism
gender affirmation
Acknowledging one's true identity
- trans manMale-identified, female-assigned person
- top surgerySurgical chest contouring for gender
- chest bindingCompressing breast tissue flat
gender dysphoria · gender identity · transition · passing · hysterectomy · gender clinic · coming out · name change · gender marker
masculine, masculinity, emasculate, unmasculine, masculinized, hypermasculine, masculinize, masculinities, masculinization