effeminacy

Example Sentences

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In both cases, the disapproval has always betrayed fears of effeminacy.

From Washington Post

Perhaps most frustrating were those adjectives that couched Wolf’s perceived effeminacy – his “flamboyance” – as a marketable quirk.

From The Guardian

An outlandish phobia of women and effeminacy may be hardwired into the long social, political and cultural dominance of men.

From The Guardian

Yet 75% of our readers admit to making assumptions about someone’s preferred sexual role based on their perceived masculinity or effeminacy.

From The Guardian

One critic wrote that it “has not the slightest trace of effeminacy, but is distinctly and thoroughly masculine in effect.”

From New York Times