demasculinize

present singular third person demasculinizes · participle present demasculinizing · participle past demasculinized · past demasculinized · alternative demasculinise

1. To remove the testicles from
2. To remove the masculine qualities of.

   Thus far, I have been arguing that Ginsberg's poetry represents an attempt to demasculinize and derationalize American poetry; however, Ginsberg's poetic project also has an aggressively masculine side as well.

   2011, James Penner, Pinks, Pansies, and Punks, →ISBN