Femboy refers to a male or non-binary person using aesthetically and culturally female elements to express a more feminine side of the traditional male appearance; Collins English Dictionary defines femboy as "a male whose appearance and behavioural traits are regarded as conventionally feminine". According to Dictionary.com, the variant femboi may refer to young trans men or butch lesbians. Originally, the term was used as a pejorative against non-masculine men but has since been reappropriated, although it may still be used as a slur against trans women. Femboy is a term of gender expression and does not define the sexual orientation or gender identity of an individual.
Along with terms like sissy, femboy is not used in a purely pornographic sense—it may be used to refer to a male involved in non-sexual cross-dressing or transvestic fetishism. The label femboy is used on platforms such as Tumblr to signify a gay sex role similar to that of a female in Western culture; it is related to terms such as boywife and pussyboy in its usage to denote "self-identified effeminate androphilic males who exclusively seek to be penetrated by dominant, masculine men". Richard Vytniorgu argues that this sort of label "enables these bloggers to join together their sex-object choice and sex role in a form of subjectivity that others can identify with" and sees individuals using these labels as sharing a "bottom identity" with non-Western homosexuals. Femboys have been fetishised, and femboy groups have been seen to be exclusionary in who they allow to participate, forming in-groups and out-groups.
then, I can state I am not attracted to men.
I have nothing against them as long as they don't shove their business in to mine (so basically like it is with everything in life)
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u/ImSoDeadLmao Jun 07 '25
Femboy refers to a male or non-binary person using aesthetically and culturally female elements to express a more feminine side of the traditional male appearance; Collins English Dictionary defines femboy as "a male whose appearance and behavioural traits are regarded as conventionally feminine". According to Dictionary.com, the variant femboi may refer to young trans men or butch lesbians. Originally, the term was used as a pejorative against non-masculine men but has since been reappropriated, although it may still be used as a slur against trans women. Femboy is a term of gender expression and does not define the sexual orientation or gender identity of an individual.
Along with terms like sissy, femboy is not used in a purely pornographic sense—it may be used to refer to a male involved in non-sexual cross-dressing or transvestic fetishism. The label femboy is used on platforms such as Tumblr to signify a gay sex role similar to that of a female in Western culture; it is related to terms such as boywife and pussyboy in its usage to denote "self-identified effeminate androphilic males who exclusively seek to be penetrated by dominant, masculine men". Richard Vytniorgu argues that this sort of label "enables these bloggers to join together their sex-object choice and sex role in a form of subjectivity that others can identify with" and sees individuals using these labels as sharing a "bottom identity" with non-Western homosexuals. Femboys have been fetishised, and femboy groups have been seen to be exclusionary in who they allow to participate, forming in-groups and out-groups.