Emasculate: to deprive or weaken strength and identity, most likely in a man (verb)
The word Emasculate can be found in the Merriam Webster Dictionary, that is were I found a proper definition for this word. I first encountered this word when reading “The Boys Are All Not Alright” by Michael Ian Black, it was in the second sentence of the article. The author was telling readers about his one- linear, he states ” If you want to emasculate a guy friend” the word emasculate caught my eye, I never heard of this word before. I read the second part of the sentence to get a sense of what this word might of meant, the author was pretty much stating that when taking a guy friend to a restaurant ask him what he wants to order, than when the waitress comes tell the waitress what the guy wants. From my experience I know that guys are always wanting to be in charge, and if a person male or female does something for them, their self esteem lowers down. So I concluded that the definition of emasculate may connect to the weaken a men’s self esteem because something was done for them, and I was close. But now I know what this word means, and I can educate those who do not.
