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The absence of stereotypical male traits
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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.

A Jungian interpretation of this would be of an overwhelmingly strong anima or female complex. 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. The hypomasculinity includes a demasculinized physique and actual reduction or cessation of sexual functioning as a result of deliberate malnutrition.

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References

  1. 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. S2CID 149424644.
  2. 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.
  3. ^ 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. S2CID 145605275.


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