Feminization (activity)

Young male-assigned person dressed as a "sissy maid"

Feminization (also known as sissification) is used to describe the practice, especially in female dominance, of switching the gender role of a male submissive. It is usually achieved through cross-dressing, where the male is dressed in female attire, ranging from just wearing female undergarments to being fully dressed in very feminine attire and make-up. Some males take on tasks, behaviours and roles that are overtly feminine, and adopt female mannerisms and postures in task such as sitting, walking and acting in a feminine manner. This emasculation may be coupled with punishments such as spanking or caning to gain cooperation and heighten submission of submissive male. Begging and pleading to stop the feminization may be part of the fantasy.

Costumes are sometimes very domestic, suggestive of servitude or ageplay. The clothes may be those of a traditional submissive female role, such as schoolgirl, secretary or "sissy" maid.

Forced feminization may also include the male receiving anal sex from a female using a strap-on dildo (sometimes called pegging), or penetration from another male using his penis. Butt plugs and other anal penetrative toys may also be used. Anal sex is used because it may be perceived to be feminine due to its traditional use on women in heterosexual relationships, or due to the passive/receiving/submissive being penetrated, whereas the typical male role may be judged to be more active/dominant. Alternatively, the feminized male may be "forced" to perform oral sex on the penis of another male. Some homosexual males feminize themselves in order to attempt to seduce a heterosexual male into having sex with them, where the act of tricking someone or passing as a cisgendered female is part of the fantasy.

Another common practice in feminization is orgasm control, often through the use of a chastity belt.

Feminization can also involve the conversion of a masculine name into a feminine name such as "Stephen" into "Stephanie", "Joseph" into "Josephine", "Sheldon" into "Shelly" or "Daniel" into "Danielle". The submissive male may also be given a feminine name that is not similar to his male name, designated as "a good girl", or insulted with derogatory terms usually applied to women, such as "slut" or "whore".

See also

• Cuckolding
• Dominance and submission
• Erotic humiliation
• Erotic hypnosis
• Female dominance
• Male submission
• Pinafore eroticism
• Sissy

References

• Sabrina P. Ramet (1996). Gender reversals and gender cultures: anthropological and historical perspectives. Routledge. pp. 12–14. ISBN 9780415114820. http://books.google.com/books?id=ZDalL3qJavgC&pg=PA12. 

Further reading

• Richard Ekins; Dave King (2006). The transgender phenomenon. SAGE. ISBN 9780761971634. 
• Gloria G. Brame (2000). Come hither: a commonsense guide to kinky sex. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9780684854625. 
• Helen Boyd (2003). My husband Betty: love, sex, and life with a crossdresser. Seal Press. ISBN 9781560255154.