effeminacy

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This was defined by a cultivated or performed effeminacy, including make-up, falsetto, and the use of "camp names" and female pronouns.

From Salon

In both cases, the disapproval has always betrayed fears of effeminacy.

From Washington Post

Through his balletic gait and florid presentation, Mercury rubbed the nose of Live Aid’s global audience in a powerful brand of effeminacy, seducing them into adoring something they might otherwise view with contempt.

From New York Times

Perhaps most frustrating were those adjectives that couched Wolf’s perceived effeminacy – his “flamboyance” – as a marketable quirk.

From The Guardian

An outlandish phobia of women and effeminacy may be hardwired into the long social, political and cultural dominance of men.

From The Guardian