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Sexual vs Hypermasculinity - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between sexual and hypermasculinity

is that sexual is (biology) a species which reproduces by sexual rather than asexual reproduction, or a member of such a species while hypermasculinity is the quality or exhibition of exaggerated masculine behavior or traits, especially strength and those of a violent, dominant, or sexual nature.

As an adjective sexual

is of or relating to having sex, sexual acts and sexual reproduction.

sexual

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or relating to having sex, sexual acts and sexual reproduction.
  • Of or relating to gender.
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  • Of or relating to sexuality; not asexual.
  • * 1994 , Purity & passion (ISBN 0802471307), page 67:
    • We don't often think of Jesus as a sexual' person, but He certainly was not asexual. He was not just God on earth. He was fully human and He was ' sexual , single, and celibate.
  • Of or relating to sexual orientations, sexual identity or preferences with respect to sexual intercourse

    • Derived terms

    * nonsexual * sexuality * sexualism * sexually * sexual politics * subsexual

    Related terms

    * sex

    See also

    *

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biology) A species which reproduces by sexual rather than asexual reproduction, or a member of such a species.
  • (LGBT) A person who experiences attraction, a person who has interest in or desire for sex (especially as contrasted with an asexual).

    • Antonyms

    * (biology) asexual * (person) asexual

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    hypermasculinity

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • 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
    • These images glamourized and normalized violent standards of hypermasculinity

    Antonyms

    * hypomasculinity