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lumberjack_jeff

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5. I would say "Deprecation of the positive attributes the target associates with their masculinity"

Reply to Denninmi (Original post)

Sun Jan 13, 2013, 07:06 PM

Jan 2013

Masculinity isn't one thing, but anyone who deprecates your positive masculine attributes (e.g. confidence, decisiveness, competitiveness, self-reliance or emotional strength) as a tactic to give themselves an advantage could be said to be engaged in emasculating.

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Emasculating. What does that really mean, aside from the literal? [View all] Denninmi Jan 2013 OP

Often it means you have it worse as a man Major Nikon Jan 2013 #1

But, do you think it has to be that way? Denninmi Jan 2013 #2

I don't think it has to be that way, nor should it Major Nikon Jan 2013 #3

I hate to admit this, but you are completely right about that. Denninmi Jan 2013 #4

I'm not convinced about the last paragraph. noamnety Jan 2013 #6

I would say "Deprecation of the positive attributes the target associates with their masculinity" lumberjack_jeff Jan 2013 #5