emasculation

Example Sentences

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“I went through the same journey that I’m sure most Asian-American men go through,” Yeun said, referring to the typical rejections and emasculations that befall so many of us.

From New York Times • Feb. 3, 2021

Even a half-remembrance of this episode, along with myriad other humiliations, defeats, and emasculations, could stir him into flights of depravity that surprised himself—but only himself.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison