Meaning of womanface | Babel Free

Definitions

Women's clothing or a female presentation adopted by men or people assigned male at birth, likened to blackface.

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Examples

“Her teacher, Mrs. Calcagni, who Shirley characterized to her friends as an “Uncle Tom in womanface,” hated girls who, in her view⟳, “tried to be smarter than everybody,” which meant smarter than the boys, too.”

““Molly's people found, well, I don't know⟳ what you'd call⟳ it—a hive, let's say⟳, of male prostitutes in womanface. But that's not why I called you here.” She flipped the page and smoothed it down gently. “I want⟳ you in Raymond tomorrow[…]”

“Blackface is racist. White people performing racist stereotypes of black or native peoples does nothing to challenge⟳ racism; it elevates it. Womanface is sexist. Men performing sexist stereotypes of women from any culture does nothing to challenge⟳ sexism; it elevates it.”

“The 15-second video was about as inoffensive as a corporate beauty campaign can get⟳. But transphobes still managed to lose⟳ their minds, accusing Mulvaney of doing “womanface.””

““I view⟳ men dressing as women as a form⟳ of ‘womanface,’” wrote Forstater. “I don’t think⟳ men who think⟳ they are women are oppressed, and I do think⟳ they can be laughed at.””

“If blackface is racist, then surely “womanface” is sexist.”

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