defeminization

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defeminization

[de-fem″ĭ-nĭ-za´shun]

loss of female sexual characteristics.

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reptiles, and mammals; defeminization and masculinization of gastropods,

Water (R.sub.x): the problem of pharmaceuticals in our nation's waters

(2) Androgen excess result in defeminization. Breast atrophy, loss of sub cutaneous deposits and female contour are common.

Sertoli-Leydig cell tumor: a rare ovarian tumor

A theory based on masculinization and defeminization of the brain.

A rose by any other name: scent preferences, gender, and sexual orientation

There is also some evidence to suggest that females prenatally exposed to diethylstilbestrol (DES), a synthetic estrogen, are more likely to identify as bi- or homosexual compared to those females not exposed to DES (Meyer-Bahlburg et al., 1995), presumably as a function of estrogen's role in the defeminization of the central nervous system.

Can anyone tell me why I'm gay? What research suggests regarding the origins of sexual orientation

Testosterone can bring about these effects by masculinization (acquisition of behaviors characteristic of males) and defeminization (suppression of behaviors characteristic of females).

Chapter 13: Sexual behavior

Androgen excess manifested as hirsutism, virilization and defeminization as oligo/amenorrhoea in women.

Ectopic Cushing's syndrome: experience from a tertiary care centre

McIntyre's own masculinity is quoted, perhaps as reassurance for the audience that he is still "himself." These details also underscore the defeminization of the Bride, the social negation associated with masculine attributes.

The bride wielded a razor: images of women on the blackface stage of James McIntyre and Thomas Heath

Vivid examples of this defeminization protocol are found in Papua New Guinea.

"Become big, and I'll give you something to eat": thoughts and notes on boyhood sexual health

The hypothesis was that, after half a century or more of iconoclasm, unmusicality, and the defeminization of religion, people were starved for the pleasures that only religion could offer in a presublimated form.

Marvell's ideological decorum

(56) A pioneering, equally influential study of female officers found that they, too, suffered from a kind of double marginality, forced to choose between "defeminization" and "deprofessionalization": only by relinquishing much of their identity as women could they fully succeed as police officers.

Not your father's police department: making sense of the new demographics of law enforcement

Meera Nanda (2000: 26), for example, provides evidence of the rising defeminization of offshore work, arguing that "computer-aided manufacture and flexible production techniques are changing the skill requirements and gender composition of workers employed by the apparel and microelectronics industries." Nanda notes that women face the risk of being displaced from the export-oriented sector as men fill the more skilled and better jobs.

Gender eclipsed? Racial hierarchies in transnational call center work

As soon as nationalist men overtook the governance of Palestinian territories, and prior to the establishment of a Palestinian State, they encouraged the marginalization of Palestinian women and promoted the "defeminization" of Palestinian political activity.