sissiness

Reading meant laziness, and laziness was next to sissiness.

It was not only the wretched politics but the flamboyantly precious, out-of-no-closet sissiness, the wide-eyed wonder coming from the you-wouldn’t-hit-a-guy-with-glasses voice.

Men no longer regard creased trousers, nicely tied cravats, well-chosen collars, and harmonious color combinations as signs of sissiness, snobbishness, or weak-mindedness.

It was fun for them, besides they felt it would be a service to knock out some of the Boston "sissiness."