Efeminizing? De-feminizing?

[redqueen]

What does it say, that there is no analogous word for women which means the same that "emasculating" does for men?

[seabeyond]

1. woman emasculates man if not allowed to hyperfeminize women? nah... prude. frigid.

those would be the choice.

no no

feminist. but then that would not be man doing it to woman, but woman defeminizing themselves.

i will have to think about this.

[Voice for Peace]

2. masculization is what comes to mind but I'm not sure it's a word

but I think that's the one. It's assumed that if a female becomes
more like a male, for example she gets a job or makes her own decisions,
or grows a moustache, she becomes less of a real woman.

But nobody yet knows what a real woman is. Perhaps there isn't
a legitimate word for removing the womanhood from a woman
simply because it's impossible.

[msongs]

3. isn't "feminine" an oppressive concept? putting women in a box based on a definition? nt

[redqueen]

4. IMO, yes.

The radical feminist view is that both these concepts, masculinity and femininity, are socially constructed nonsense.

And to give my take on the question in the OP, the reason I think there's no analogous word is because the idea of "emasculation" is to reduce a man's status (naturally, closer to that of a woman). Since according to society there is no other sex to reduce a woman's status toward, there is no word for this concept. If someone referred to 'masculizing' a woman, they might mean she is more mannish, so to speak, in their opinion, but this doesn't convey any terribly meaningful idea as far as a raising or lowering of status.

Emasculating a man reduces his status, it carries the idea of the loss of his male privilege, which in the patriarchy is a very real threat.

Just MHO, of course.

[MadrasT]

5. I think so.

Not a fan of gender boxes, or of the terms "masculine" and "feminine" to describe human beings. Or anything else for that matter.

My partner will say things like: "that's a feminine building" and I just stare at him like he has two heads.

Him: "That's a feminine building."

Me: "What the fuck are you talking about? It's a building. It's made of concrete/marble/metal. Feminine WHAT HUH?????"

Him: "It's got a lot of curves."

Me: "Try this: 'That's a curvy building.' Why you gotta genderize a goddamn building?"

Don't oppress the buildings! Gender freedom for buildings everywhere!!!

Sorry, that was a tangent. Long day and I'm getting silly now...