Feminization most commonly refers to: *

Feminization (biology) In biology and medicine, feminization is the development in an organism of physical characteristics that are usually unique to the female of the species. This may represent a normal developmental process, contributing to sexual differentiation. Fe ...

, the hormonally induced development of female sexual characteristics *

Feminization (activity) Feminization or feminisation (see spelling differences), sometimes forced feminization (shortened to forcefem or forced femme), and also known as sissification, is a practice in dominance and submission or kink subcultures, involving reversal of ...

, a sexual or lifestyle practice where a person assumes a female role *

Feminization (sociology) In sociology, feminization is the shift in gender roles and sex roles in a society, group, or organization towards a focus upon the feminine. It can also mean the incorporation of women into a group or a profession that was once dominated by men. ...

, a perceived societal shift of gender roles toward the characteristically "female" Feminization may also refer to:

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* Facial feminization, a set of reconstructive surgical procedures that alter typically male facial features to bring them closer in shape and size to typical female facial features *

Feminizing hormone therapy Feminizing hormone therapy, also known as transfeminine hormone therapy, is hormone therapy and sex reassignment therapy to change the secondary sex characteristics of transgender people from masculine or androgynous to feminine. It is a co ...

, a type of hormone therapy and sex reassignment therapy to change secondary sex characteristics *

Gender-affirming surgery (male-to-female) Sex reassignment surgery for male-to-female transgender women or transfeminine non-binary people describes a variety of surgical procedures that alter the body to provide physical traits more comfortable and affirming to an individual's gender id ...

, surgical procedures to provide physical traits more comfortable and affirming to an individual's gender identity *

Voice feminization " Voice therapy" or "voice training" refers to any non-surgical technique used to improve or modify the human voice. Because voice is a social cue to a person's sex and gender, transgender people may frequently undertake voice training or thera ...

, the desired goal of changing a perceived male sounding voice to a perceived female sounding voice

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Feminization of language In linguistics, feminization refers to the process of re-classifying nouns and adjectives which as such refer to male beings, including occupational terms, as feminine. This is done most of the time by adding inflectional suffixes denoting a female ...

, the process of making a word or name female *

Feminization of migration Women migrant workers from developing countries engage in paid employment in countries where they are not citizens. While women have traditionally been considered companions to their husbands in the migratory process, most adult migrant women today ...

, a trend where a higher rate of women migrate to labor or marriage *

Feminization of poverty Feminization of poverty refers to a trend of increasing inequality in living standards between men and women due to the widening gender gap in poverty. This phenomenon largely links to how women and children are disproportionately represented wit ...

, a phenomenon in which women represent disproportionate percentages of the world's poor *

Feminisation of the workplace The feminization of the workplace is the feminization, or the shift in gender roles and sex roles and the incorporation of women into a group or a profession once dominated by men, as it relates to the workplace. It is a set of social theories ...

, the trend towards greater employment of women, and of men willing and able to operate with these more 'feminine' modes of interaction **

Feminization of agriculture In feminist economics, the feminization of agriculture refers to the measurable increase of women's participation in the agricultural sector, particularly in the developing world.Deere, 2009 p. 99 The phenomenon started during the 1960s with inc ...

, the measurable increase of women's participation in agriculture

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