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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.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Palmer|first=Jamie L.|date=2018-10-01|title=Ineffective Masculinity: Intersection of Masculinity and Nationhood in Portraits of Cuban Men from Time and Newsweek 1959–2010|journal=Men and Masculinities|language=en|volume=21|issue=4|pages=455–478|doi=10.1177/1097184X17696184|s2cid=149424644 |issn=1097-184X}}</ref>
A [[Jungian]] interpretation of this would be of an overwhelmingly strong [[Anima (Jung)|anima]] or female complex.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Relke|first=Joan|date=2007-05-30|title=The Archetypal Female in Mythology and Religion: The Anima and the Mother of the Earth and Sky|journal=Europe's Journal of Psychology|language=en|volume=3|issue=2|doi=10.5964/ejop.v3i2.401|issn=1841-0413|doi-access=free}}</ref> 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 [[Adaptation|adaptive]] or [[Maladaptation|maladaptive]]. Its opposite behavior is termed ''[[hypermasculinity]]''.
== Anorexia nervosa ==
Hypomasculinity is commonly attained by male anorexics.<ref name=Bassett>{{cite journal|title=Gender conflict, object representation, and body image in male anorexia: An investigation of eight subjects|year=2002|journal=Smith College Studies in Social Work|volume=72|issue=3|page=359|doi=10.1080/00377310209517665|author=Bassett, J. D.|s2cid=145605275 }}</ref> The hypomasculinity includes a demasculinized physique and actual reduction or cessation of sexual functioning as a result of deliberate malnutrition.<ref name=Bassett/>
==See also==
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*[[Gender role]]
*[[Hypermasculinity]]
*[[Machismo]]
*[[Masculinity]]
*[[Virility]]
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==References==
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