Feminization is used to describe the practice, especially in female dominance

Female dominance

Female dominance is those BDSM relationships and BDSM scenes in which the dominant partner is female. Often a dominant woman, she may prefer to be called a Domme , Femdomme, Domina, or Dominatrix, depending on context or personal preference...

, of switching the gender role of a male submissive. It is usually achieved through cross-dressing

Cross-dressing

Cross-dressing is the wearing of clothing and other accoutrement commonly associated with a gender within a particular society that is seen as different than the one usually presented by the dresser...

, where the male is dressed in female attire, ranging from just wearing female undergarments to being fully dressed in very feminine attire and make-up. Some males take on tasks, behaviours and roles that are overtly feminine, and adopt female mannerisms and postures in task such as sitting, walking and acting in a feminine manner. This emasculation may be coupled with punishments such as spanking

Erotic spanking

Erotic spanking is the act of spanking another person for the sexual arousal or gratification of either or both parties...

 or caning to gain cooperation and heighten submission of submissive male. Begging and pleading to stop the feminization may be part of the fantasy.

Costumes are sometimes very domestic, suggestive of servitude or ageplay

Ageplay

Ageplay or age play is a form of roleplaying in which an individual acts or treats another as if they were a different age. The practice can be regressive, in which the goal is to re-experience childhood, or sexual, recreating a sexual relationship with people of the pretend and/or true ages...

. The clothes may be those of a traditional submissive female role, such as schoolgirl, secretary or "sissy" maid.

Forced feminization may also include the male receiving anal sex

Anal sex

Anal sex is the sex act in which the penis is inserted into the anus of a sexual partner. The term can also include other sexual acts involving the anus, including pegging, anilingus , fingering, and object insertion.Common misconception describes anal sex as practiced almost exclusively by gay men...

 from a female using a strap-on dildo

Strap-on dildo

A strap-on dildo is a dildo designed to be worn, usually with a harness, during sexual activity. Harnesses and dildos are made in a wide variety of styles, with variations in how the harness fits the wearer, how the dildo attaches to the harness, as well as various features intended to facilitate...

 (sometimes called pegging

Pegging (sexual practice)

Pegging is a sexual practice in which a woman penetrates a man's anus with a strap-on dildo. The neologism "pegging" was popularized when it became the winning entry in a contest in Dan Savage's Savage Love sex advice column, held after an observation was made that there was no common name for the...

), or penetration from another male using his penis. Butt plugs and other anal penetrative toys may also be used. Anal sex is used because it may be perceived to be feminine due to its traditional use on women in heterosexual relationships, or due to the passive/receiving/submissive being penetrated, whereas the typical male role may be judged to be more active/dominant. Alternatively, the feminized male may be "forced" to perform oral sex on the penis of another male. Some homosexual males feminize themselves in order to attempt to seduce a heterosexual male into having sex with them, where the act of tricking someone or passing as a genetic female is part of the fantasy.

Another practice in feminization is orgasm control

Erotic sexual denial

Erotic sexual denial, also known as orgasm denial, is a sexual practice in which a heightened state of sexual arousal is maintained for an extended length of time without orgasm, and is commonly practiced in association with BDSM and sexual bondage. Erotic sexual denial can be another name for or...

, often through the use of a chastity belt.

Feminization can also involve the conversion of a masculine

Masculine

Masculine or masculinity, normally refer to qualities positively associated with men.Masculine may also refer to:*Masculine , a grammatical gender*Masculine cadence, a final chord occurring on a strong beat in music...

 name into a feminine name such as "Stephen" into "Stephanie", "Joseph" into "Josephine", "Sheldon" into "Shelly" or "Daniel" into "Danielle". The submissive male may also be given a feminine name that is not similar to his male name, designated as "a good girl", or insulted with derogatory terms usually applied to women, such as "slut" or "whore".

See also

• Dominance and submission
• Erotic humiliation
  Erotic humiliation
  Erotic humiliation is the consensual use of psychological humiliation in a sexual context, whereby one person gains arousal or erotic excitement from the powerful emotions of being humiliated and demeaned, or of humiliating another; often in conjunction with sexual stimulation of one or both...
  
  
• Erotic hypnosis
• Female dominance
  Female dominance
  Female dominance is those BDSM relationships and BDSM scenes in which the dominant partner is female. Often a dominant woman, she may prefer to be called a Domme , Femdomme, Domina, or Dominatrix, depending on context or personal preference...
  
  
• Male submission
  Male submission
  Male submission describes BDSM and other sexual activities in which the submissive partner is male. It generally refers to sexual activities and desires in which a male-identified person, such as a man, plays a subservient role to a dominant partner. The term "male submissive" and its abbreviation...
  
  
• Pinafore eroticism
  Pinafore eroticism
  Petticoating, also called pinaforing, is a type of forced feminization that involves dressing a boy in girls' clothing to punish him humiliatingly or to change his behavior. The term also describes the literature, erotic fiction, and roleplaying fantasies involving the practice...
  
  
• Sissy
  Sissy
  Sissy is a pejorative term for a boy or man who violates or does not meet the traditional male gender role. Generally, sissy implies a lack of the courage and stoicism which are thought important to the male role...
  
  
• Cuckolding