feminine of center

English

Etymology

Modelled on the slightly earlier masculine of center (and more generally, left of center, right of center).

Adjective

feminine of center (not generally comparable, comparative more feminine of center, superlative most feminine of center)

1. (LGBTQ) Having a gender identity or presentation that is on the feminine side; femme.

   Synonym: feminine-leaning

   Coordinate term: masculine of center

   • 2016, Charlotte Cooper, Fat Activism: A Radical Social Movement, Intellect Books, →ISBN:

     This is also gendered: it is women and feminine-of-centre people who are producing these forms of activism as well as being fodder for appropriation. What started as resistance and critique by people with limited capital to participate in ...

   • 2020, D. Nicole Farris, D'Lane R. Compton, Andrea P. Herrera, Gender, Sexuality and Race in the Digital Age, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 133:

     Moreover, Miss Andry was the only participant who identified feminine of center. When taking into consideration the social forces faced by a feminine of center person on a dating app like Grindr, an app oriented for men who have sex with men ...

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:feminine of center.

Alternative forms

• feminine-of-center
• feminine of centre, feminine-of-centre (British spelling)

Further reading

• Andrea J. Nichols, Tonya Edmond, Erin C. Heil (2018) Social Work Practice with Survivors of Sex Trafficking and Commercial Sexual Exploitation, Columbia University Press, →ISBN: “Feminine of Center; Masculine of Center—(adj) a phrase that indicates a range of terms of gender identity and gender presentation for those who present, understand themselves, and relate to others in a more feminine/masculine way.”
• Damon Constantinides, Shannon Sennott, Davis Chandler (2019) Sex Therapy with Erotically Marginalized Clients: Nine Principles of Clinical Support, Routledge, →ISBN: “(Masc/MOC). Masculine of center is a term that describes a connection to the more masculine side of the spectrum between femininity and masculinity (Cole, 2011). It is often, but not exclusively, used by people designated female at birth.”