soy boy

English

Alternative forms

soyboy

Etymology

From the idea that men who prefer soy to dairy and meat are weak and feminine,[1] and that the naturally occurring phytoestrogen in soy feminizes men. See Soybean (Wikipedia) for more.

Noun

soy boy (plural soy boys)

(Internet slang, derogatory) An effeminate or unmasculine man.
Synonyms: (slang) cuck, beta, man child; see also Thesaurus:effeminate man

Antonyms: (a strong man) hunk, macho, (slang) Chad; see also Thesaurus:hypermasculine man

Related terms

References

Paul Rozin, Julia M. Hormes, Myles S. Faith, Brian Wansink (2012 October) “Is Meat Male? A Quantitative Multi-Method Framework to Establish Metaphoric Relationships”, in Journal of Consumer Research‎, volume 39, number 3, →DOI, archived from the original on 24 June 2019: “To the strong, traditional, macho, bicep-flexing, All-American male, red meat is a strong, traditional, macho, bicep-flexing, All-American food. Soy is not. To eat it, they would have to give up a food they saw as strong and powerful like themselves for a food they saw as weak and wimpy.”

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[1] Paul Rozin, Julia M. Hormes, Myles S. Faith, Brian Wansink (2012 October) “Is Meat Male? A Quantitative Multi-Method Framework to Establish Metaphoric Relationships”, in Journal of Consumer Research‎, volume 39, number 3, →DOI, archived from the original on 24 June 2019: “To the strong, traditional, macho, bicep-flexing, All-American male, red meat is a strong, traditional, macho, bicep-flexing, All-American food. Soy is not. To eat it, they would have to give up a food they saw as strong and powerful like themselves for a food they saw as weak and wimpy.”