Some males take on tasks, behaviours and roles that are overtly feminine, and adopt female mannerisms and postures in tasks such as sitting, walking, and acting in a feminine manner.

If assigned male at birth, the submissive partner may be called a “sissy.” Feminization is usually achieved via cross-dressing, where the male is dressed in female attire, ranging from just wearing female undergarments to being fully dressed in very feminine attire, including make-up, hairdress and nail polish. …the practice of dressing a submissive partner as a woman and/or encouraging or training a submissive partner to act in a feminine or exaggeratedly feminine (“hyperfeminine”) manner. They willingly put themselves through a systematic process of physical and psychological self-emasculation known as “sissification.”Īlso known as “ forced feminization,” Wikipedia describes the sissification process thusly: These days, in a climate where masculinity is seen as more toxic and dangerous than virtuous and heroic, some men are going out of their way trying to earn the privilege of being called a sissy. It implied that he was a pathetic weakling, a failure at being masculine during an era when masculinity was the ultimate goal for all males.

A generation or two ago when gender roles were more strictly defined, a “sissy” was the last thing a man wanted to be called.

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