unmasculine
English
Adjective
unmasculine (comparative more unmasculine, superlative most unmasculine)
- Not masculine; not characteristic of, typical of, or appropriate for a man
- 1998, Ritch Williams-Savin, …And Then I Became Gay: Young Men's Stories, Routledge, →ISBN:
- Characteristics labeled as unmasculine or as failure to conform to gender expectations include observable behaviors such as avoidance of rough-and-tumble play, typical boys' games, and athletic activities; no imagining of oneself as a sports figure; and no desire to grow up to be like one's father.
- 2007, C. J. Pascoe, Dude, You’re a Fag: Masculinity and Sexuality in High School, University of California Press, →ISBN, page 157:
- A fag is profoundly unmasculine, yet possesses the ability to penetrate and thus render any boy unmasculine.
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