In the last 30 years have men become more "Feminized"?

Question

As a group, since the modern feminine rigts movement have men become more feminine? If yes, is this a good or a bad thing and what are the causes?

Answer 1

I think it has created more opportunities for men to take on the stereotypical female roles. I think it is a good thing for both genders to have a wide range of choices in career path and how they raise their children.

Answer 2

No, I don't believe that men have become more "feminine" in the last 30 years---except for the chest shaving, what's up with that?

But the feminist movement has given men several great gifts---one being the right to bond more closely with their children. Co-parenting in the true sense of the word has opened doors to men that can deeply enrich their lives like never before possible in history. Men in past generations were not able to publicly care for/play with/cuddle their babies without someone looking down their noses and thinking of them as being less of a man. That attitude has changed in the past 30 years and that can do nothing but make our society all the better for it. It makes men stronger, not weaker, to accept the gifts/opportunities that feminism has given them. Co-parenting is just one of them.

Answer 3

Yes I think so.

But this has nothing to do with modern feminine rigts movement.

This is a bad thing.

The casue is the usage of female hormones in poultry to produce more eggs. People eat eggs in various forms, as a whole and as ingredients in mayonese etc., from infancy till old age and both men and women become feminized because of these hormones

Answer 4

Like Deirdre said, it depends on what you mean by "feminized." If men changing their underwear daily, getting involved with their children and ceasing to find bashing beer cans on their foreheads cool is "feminized," then it's a good thing. I don't notice too many men waxing their bikini lines or ordering pink squirrels in bars, except for the ones who would have done it 30 years ago anyway.

Answer 5

What do you mean by feminized? Able to express emotions, not afraid to get their hair styled, wearing clothing that matches and fits, nurturing children, working as a CEO. making pancakes for the family. Your question is a rather broad one please be more specific. I think that men being allowed freedom of being what they want to be is a remarkable, positive change.
Patriarchy reinforces stereotypes for men as well as women and many of these are abnormal and unhealthy emotionally, physically and spiritually.

Answer 6

I support women's rights and I can do handstand push ups without a wall to help me balance (superior upper body strength), I can solve Partial Differential Equations using the Fourier transform (superior mathematical skills), and I can assemble and disassemble a computer (superior technical skills), so apparently I haven't lost the assets supposedly distinct to my sex. I don't see a correlation.

Being a couch potato in a consumer focused media driven society turns men into wusses

Answer 7

nah, I'll wear skirts and sarong if I want and its not because of feminism. its more mens rights to wear something that is more typical for the opposite gender and not being discriminated.

Answer 8

No I dont think so. They have been encouraged to be less manly, but that didnt translate into more feminity. Quite a lot have become more passive, at least the ones who learned that just beeing guys isnt taken very well by the ladies. The ones who have the looks and dont get the bouncer sicked on them for beeing guys behave all the same.

Answer 9

Just for clarification, are you asking if men have more "feminine" characteristics?

Answer 10

I think yes men are starting to think (and sometimes act) more like women. But this does not mean they stop being men, or are lesser men. In fact I think this widens their perspective and they become better men for it.