Emasculating acts

[XthAtGAm3RGuYX]

Didn’t they find a way to castrate women in the middle east though?

If its something that was discovered in the middle east, it probably involves hitting them in the ovaries with a sack of bricks or some crazy shit like that.

[ThePurpleBunny]

Pro tip: Emasculation also means literally removing a male’s genitals. Females by definition, cannot be emasculated.

It really depends on how one defines being male. What if someone defines their masculinity outside of their genitalia? Would castration still emasculate them? It might emasculate them in the perception of other people, but perhaps not themselves. This would mean emasculation is a matter of perception, which goes back to my original statement. You cannot prevent others from seeing you as emasculated, but you can prevent yourself from being emasculated with how you perceive the concept of maleness.

As for your second point, note there is a difference being the male sex and the male gender. Someone who is sexually female could still have a male gender and be emasculated.

On a side note, I find it interesting how ‘effeminate’ (the female counterpart of ‘emasculate’) means to become feminine, not rob or reduce in femininity. Losing maleness was obviously more of a concern than losing femininity.

No, it doesn’t. Emasculation, literally, means to physically remove the penis and testicles. Castration is the removal of the testicles only. It has nothing to do with definition of gender, or your genes, or whatever you “identify” as.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaphor

Pro tip: Emasculation also means literally removing a male’s genitals. Females by definition, cannot be emasculated.

It really depends on how one defines being male. What if someone defines their masculinity outside of their genitalia? Would castration still emasculate them? It might emasculate them in the perception of other people, but perhaps not themselves. This would mean emasculation is a matter of perception, which goes back to my original statement. You cannot prevent others from seeing you as emasculated, but you can prevent yourself from being emasculated with how you perceive the concept of maleness.

As for your second point, note there is a difference being the male sex and the male gender. Someone who is sexually female could still have a male gender and be emasculated.

On a side note, I find it interesting how ‘effeminate’ (the female counterpart of ‘emasculate’) means to become feminine, not rob or reduce in femininity. Losing maleness was obviously more of a concern than losing femininity.

No, it doesn’t. Emasculation, literally, means to physically remove the penis and testicles. Castration is the removal of the testicles only. It has nothing to do with definition of gender, or your genes, or whatever you “identify” as.

Emasculation has nothing to do with gender roles. If you remove a man’s genitals, you are in the realest sense making them less of a man. There’s nothing proverbial about it.

“Effeminate” is not the female equivalent of “emasculate”. There is no official term used to describe making someone less of woman.

Keep your damn agenda to yourself.

emasculate
[v. ih-mas-kyuh-leyt; adj. ih-mas-kyuh-lit, -leyt] verb, emasculated, emasculating, adjective
verb (used with object)

1. to castrate.

2. to deprive of strength or vigor; weaken. Synonyms: debilitate, undermine, devitalize, soften.
   adjective

3. deprived of or lacking strength or vigor; effeminate.

Origin: 1600–10; < Latin ēmasculātus (past participle of ēmasculāre), equivalent to ē- e-1 + māscul(us) male + -ātus -ate1

Source: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/emasculate?s=t&path=/

Alas, even the medical dictionaries have now made the two terms equivalent. Apparently removal of the penis and testicles is somehow just as emasculating as removal of the testicles alone.

So be it. The English language has fallen to you.

Am I reading a Shakespearean tragedy where the hero definition dies at the end?

[Smoothjazz101]

Didn’t they find a way to castrate women in the middle east though?

Yeah

[Vynce]

You’re likely thinking of female circumcision. Generally, this is the removal of the clitoris. Sometimes more.

[pedoviejo]

Good Times Tourney 7-18-03

Okay GD,

We’re all insecure about our masculinity, and as a result, little acts that would teeter on the edge of “feminine” or “gay” make us pi$$ed off. My question to you nickas is, what kind of pet peeves make you feel emasculated?

One thing I hate is accidentally sitting down to take a piss. I have to drop a 2, but instead I 1 while sitting on the toilet. Makes me feel very gay.

The other I feel ashamed to admit is that it took me two hours on changing my windshield wipers.

What have you?

It took you 2 hours to change your wind shield wipers? Sitting down while you pee is the least of your worries.

This is pretty emasculating:

http://www.spaceavalanche.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/the-good-old-days-on-black.jpg

Why is it that masculinity is typically measured in how much violence we can cause and how aggressive we can be?

Please don’t let society define your gender identity for you, Pro tip: You’ll never measure up to it, no matter how hard you try.

oh, I didn’t know that fullfilling biological roles was a gender role assigned by society.

Captain Ginyu, the type of nigga that had he lived in ancient India, he’d be a vegetarian.

[blueleon]

You’re likely thinking of female circumcision. Generally, this is the removal of the clitoris. Sometimes more.

Yea I was going to mention this. It’s more or less the same fate.
Such a horrific thing.

[CaptainGinyu]

Good Times Tourney 7-18-03

Okay GD,

We’re all insecure about our masculinity, and as a result, little acts that would teeter on the edge of “feminine” or “gay” make us pi$$ed off. My question to you nickas is, what kind of pet peeves make you feel emasculated?

One thing I hate is accidentally sitting down to take a piss. I have to drop a 2, but instead I 1 while sitting on the toilet. Makes me feel very gay.

The other I feel ashamed to admit is that it took me two hours on changing my windshield wipers.

What have you?

It took you 2 hours to change your wind shield wipers? Sitting down while you pee is the least of your worries.

This is pretty emasculating:

http://www.spaceavalanche.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/the-good-old-days-on-black.jpg

Why is it that masculinity is typically measured in how much violence we can cause and how aggressive we can be?

Please don’t let society define your gender identity for you, Pro tip: You’ll never measure up to it, no matter how hard you try.

oh, I didn’t know that fullfilling biological roles was a gender role assigned by society.

Captain Ginyu, the type of nigga that had he lived in ancient India, he’d be a vegetarian.

…I’m a Vegan lol…

What would you say is a biological role?

[pedoviejo]

Good Times Tourney 7-18-03

Okay GD,

We’re all insecure about our masculinity, and as a result, little acts that would teeter on the edge of “feminine” or “gay” make us pi$$ed off. My question to you nickas is, what kind of pet peeves make you feel emasculated?

One thing I hate is accidentally sitting down to take a piss. I have to drop a 2, but instead I 1 while sitting on the toilet. Makes me feel very gay.

The other I feel ashamed to admit is that it took me two hours on changing my windshield wipers.

What have you?

It took you 2 hours to change your wind shield wipers? Sitting down while you pee is the least of your worries.

This is pretty emasculating:

http://www.spaceavalanche.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/the-good-old-days-on-black.jpg

Why is it that masculinity is typically measured in how much violence we can cause and how aggressive we can be?

Please don’t let society define your gender identity for you, Pro tip: You’ll never measure up to it, no matter how hard you try.

oh, I didn’t know that fullfilling biological roles was a gender role assigned by society.

Captain Ginyu, the type of nigga that had he lived in ancient India, he’d be a vegetarian.

…I’m a Vegan lol…

What would you say is a biological role?

the picture showed a very good description of a biological role a male plays in a natural enviorment. only in an artificial enviorment, the idea that this is aggressive, or vegan, is possible.

jist lookbat the diffrences betweenen amd women. men are better at spacial recognition, and are stronger etc. its natural, and so noticable and obvious society organizes in a way to take advantage of these traits. its not societies fault that men are betyer at certain things, but its societies fault for assuming there aren’t excepttions.

so these gender roles that you don’t like are just extreme cemented manifestations of biological roles.

[J-ride]

After working for a corporate entity, I dare so nothing is as emasculating as speaking to a representative from human resources. Both the men and women from that section are so removed from having any kind of spine that they speak a bunch of gibberish HR words that don’t mean anything to anyone in the real world. I got reprimanded for not being sensitive enough. The HR person recommended that I take sensitivity training so I could be more compassionate to the feelings of my female coworkers. I told the HR person I would rather be fired than take a class about sensitivity. There was a long silence and the HR person was sweating. They did not come prepared for the possibility I would refuse their stupid request. I signed a write up and not much else happened. I still can’t believe HR is a real job that anyone pays for.

[angelpalm]

My dood said he would rather fired holy shit lol. This is about how I felt watching this shitty ass wish fulfillment movie Dark Shadows with my girl. And it started out okay, but towards the end you could tell that they clearly stopped giving any fucks.

[Coffeejuice]

i get checked out by gays sometimes. that makes me feel like i might be giving a gay vibe. but then a girl give me the dick stare and i’m all good to go.

[Korbidon]

what in gods name has happened in this thread