emasculating

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present participle of

to reduce the effectiveness of something:

Examples:

They were accused of trying to emasculate the report's recommendations.

to make a man feel less male by taking away his power and confidence:

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But another man in his forties, whose in-laws are rich, finds it hard to accept gifts from them: "I feel emasculated in that old-fashioned role of provider.”

I think that may be a step forward, to have people other than women project their desire onto you without feeling it emasculates you.

to castrate (= remove the male sexual parts of) a man or male animal, or to remove the male parts of a plant:

Examples:

Last night, Trude assisted in her first castration since emasculating a guinea pig back in Bristol: this time it was a camel.

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