Alice’s Reviews > Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity > Status Update

Effemimania encourages those who are socialized male to mystify femininity and dehumanize those who are considered feminine, and thus forms the foundation of virtually all male expressions of misogyny. Effemimania also ensures that any male’s manhood or masculinity can be brought into question at any moment for even the slightest perceived expression of, or association with, femininity.

“The most radical thing that any of us can do is to stop projecting our beliefs about gender onto other people’s behaviors and bodies.”