Hypomasculinity is a psychological term for the absence of male stereotypical traits. For example, it is the absence of the de-emphasising of feelings and relationships. Oftentimes, individuals who exhibit hypomasculine traits display unmasculine professional or physical characteristics that deviate from the norm.[1]
A Jungian interpretation of this would be of an overwhelmingly strong anima or female complex.[2] This term can be pejorative and it is important not to place a moral interpretation on whether it is desirable, only by whether it is adaptive or maladaptive. Its opposite behavior is termed hypermasculinity.
Anorexia nervosa
Hypomasculinity is commonly attained by male anorexics.[3] The hypomasculinity includes a demasculinized physique and actual reduction or cessation of sexual functioning as a result of deliberate malnutrition.[3]
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References
- ^ Palmer, Jamie L. (2018-10-01). "Ineffective Masculinity: Intersection of Masculinity and Nationhood in Portraits of Cuban Men from Time and Newsweek 1959–2010". Men and Masculinities. 21 (4): 455–478. doi:10.1177/1097184X17696184. ISSN 1097-184X.
- ^ Relke, Joan (2007-05-30). "The Archetypal Female in Mythology and Religion: The Anima and the Mother of the Earth and Sky". Europe's Journal of Psychology. 3 (2). doi:10.5964/ejop.v3i2.401. ISSN 1841-0413.
- ^ a b Bassett, J. D. (2002). "Gender conflict, object representation, and body image in male anorexia: An investigation of eight subjects". Smith College Studies in Social Work. 72 (3): 359. doi:10.1080/00377310209517665.