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Emasculate

Postby William Hupy » Wed Sep 23, 2015 5:36 pm

Query: is it possible to emasculate a woman? Say a female legislator introduces a bill and it is weakened by amendments, would she then have been emasculated?
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Re: Emasculate

Postby Perry Lassiter » Sun Sep 27, 2015 3:33 pm

If you emasculate a male legislator, you don't actually castrate him. So I would think it could apply to a woman in that sense also.
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Re: Emasculate

Postby Slava » Mon Feb 01, 2016 11:35 am

Personally, even though it's used metaphorically, I'd be leery of using it to refer to a female. Especially as it could be taken to mean you originally considered her masculine.
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Re: Emasculate

Postby Perry Lassiter » Mon Feb 01, 2016 2:41 pm

Prob need for feminine activists to chime in here...
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Re: Emasculate

Postby Slava » Sun Feb 07, 2016 10:36 am

I think we could easily say her bill was emasculated, but not her.

I believe many people wanted to see Hillary's Bill emasculated once upon a time. :wink:
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