• angband@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    Mannish, a harsher version of tomboy. Also, emasculate in a modern sense relates to taking away of power owned by men, by a woman. So it is a term that only has meaning that way when it is assumed that the man will be in charge merely because of socially assigned sexual roles. Same gist as calling a woman mannish or a tomboy, their sexual role, i.e., their social power, is removed when they try to act like something they’re not. The advent of women being allowed to own property and handle their own finances removed a large amount of the traditional underpinning, leaving the term “mannish” as a dig towards a lack of desirabilty. Still traditional sex role based. So the female terms that seek to reinforce those sex roles do exist for women.

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