Feminization (sexual activity)

Feminization is a practice in dominance and submission or kink subcultures, which involves reversing gender roles: a submissive partner – typically a man – takes on a feminine role, often for humiliation-based sexual pleasure. wearing prosthetic breasts, or tucking. whether the infraction was real or made up; The training involves making the often shy or embarrassed sissy overcome those emotions, shifting his mindset to instinctively act more provocatively and uninhibitedly. The training may involve provocative poses, such as spreading one's buttocks or exposing one's genitals, and learning to instinctively assume certain such positions in certain contexts. ==Society==

According to a HuffPost feature interviewing sex workers, including dominatrixes and escorts, forced feminization is one of the most common sexual fantasies among sex workers' clients: one dominatrix said that a vast majority of her clients want to be sissified. In Danielle Lindemann's book Dominatrix, about a third of a sample of 305 sex worker clients were interested in being made to cross-dress. Some people also use feminization as a way to explore their sexuality. As a BDSM role-play practice, being feminized may appeal to the submissive through making them feel vulnerable and reinforcing their role. Feminization, as a sexual fetish, is not the same as being a transgender woman. According to Ana Valens, writing for The Daily Dot, forced feminization is still a common fantasy among trans women, however, because of how trans women's stigmatized need to be women, through feminization fantasies, can be met before a trans woman has even admitted to having that need. Cultural depictions Visual artist Río Sofia created a series of self-portraits in 2019 themed around forced feminization, influenced by the Forced Womanhood! magazine and sharing its name. Feminization was featured in an episode of the television drama series Law & Order: Criminal Intent, which was described as an unrealistic portrayal by author Helen Boyd in her book My Husband Betty. == See also==