What does womanface mean?
Womanface means (Internet slang) Women's clothing or a female presentation adopted by men or people assigned male at birth, likened to blackface.
Womanface
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈwʊ.mənˌfeɪs/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Womanface is a noun meaning (Internet slang) Women's clothing or a female presentation adopted by men or people assigned male at birth, likened to blackface.
Meaning
(Internet slang) Women's clothing or a female presentation adopted by men or people assigned male at birth, likened to blackface.
Example Sentences
If blackface is racist, then surely “womanface” is sexist.
“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.”
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.”
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.
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How do you use womanface in a sentence?
If blackface is racist, then surely “womanface” is sexist.
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