No, I was just trying to speak what I thought might be in Rosie ` s mind, not what ` s in my mind, but, you know, to draw a mustache on a woman is to defeminize her. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 25, 2007] Reference
You are correct in pointing out that in the frat-tastic jockocracy that is today's GOP, it is standard operating procedure to feminize male candidates and defeminize female candidates. From Wordnik.com. [Election Central | Talking Points Memo | Election Central Debate Roundup] Reference
The closest we came was “defeminize”, but I’ve never heard that used as an insult. From Wordnik.com. [Is Manhood a Vessel? A minor disagreement with Hugo Schwyzer] Reference
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