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Effeminacy or male femininity [1] [2] is the embodiment of feminine traits in boys or men, particularly those considered untypical of men or masculinity. [3] These traits include roles, stereotypes, behaviors, and appearances that are socially associated with girls and women.
Otokonoko (男の娘, "male daughter" or "male girl", also pronounced as otoko no musume) is a Japanese term for men who have a culturally feminine gender expression. [1] [2] This includes, among others, males with feminine appearances, or those cross-dressing.
Effeminate men are often associated with homosexuality, [102] [103] although femininity is not necessarily related to a man's sexual orientation. [104] Because men are pressured to be masculine and heterosexual, feminine men are assumed to be gay or otherwise queer because of how they perform their gender. This assumption limits the way one is ...
Mukhannath (مُخَنَّث; plural mukhannathun (مُخَنَّثون); "effeminate ones", "ones who resemble women") was a term used in Classical Arabic and Islamic literature to describe effeminate men or people with ambiguous sexual characteristics, [6] who appeared feminine and functioned sexually or socially in roles typically carried out by women. [8]
Men engaging feminisms: pro-feminism, backlashes and schooling. Buckingham England Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Open University Press. ISBN 9780335198177. Mann, Ruth M. (January 2008). "Men's rights and feminist advocacy in Canadian domestic violence policy arenas: Contexts, dynamics, and outcomes of antifeminist backlash". Feminist Criminology.
In the 19th century, the men customarily harvested wild rice whereas women harvested all other grain (among the Dakota or Santee). [43] The winkte are a social category in Lakota culture, of male people who adopt the clothing, work, and mannerisms that Lakota culture usually considers feminine. [44]
Some gynosexual people are attracted to feminine people of all genders, while others are attracted just to feminine people of one gender, says Justin Lehmiller, Ph.D., a member of the Men's Health ...
Gender history is a sub-field of history and gender studies, which looks at the past from the perspective of gender.It is in many ways, an outgrowth of women's history.The discipline considers in what ways historical events and periodization impact women differently from men.