Hypomasculinity vs Hypermasculinity - What's the difference?
hypomasculinity | hypermasculinity | Antonyms |
The quality or exhibition of unmasculine behavior or traits, especially emotions and those of a gentle, feminine, or weak nature
The quality or exhibition of exaggerated masculine behavior or traits, especially strength and those of a violent, dominant, or sexual nature
* 1999 , Varda Burstyn, The rites of men: manhood, politics, and the culture of sport , page 192
Hypomasculinity is an antonym of hypermasculinity.
As nouns the difference between hypomasculinity and hypermasculinity
is that hypomasculinity is the quality or exhibition of unmasculine behavior or traits, especially emotions and those of a gentle, feminine, or weak nature while hypermasculinity is the quality or exhibition of exaggerated masculine behavior or traits, especially strength and those of a violent, dominant, or sexual nature.hypomasculinity
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(wikipedia hypomasculinity)Noun
(-)Antonyms
* hypermasculinityhypermasculinity
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(-)- These images glamourized and normalized violent standards of hypermasculinity