Feminization most commonly refers to:

• Feminization (sociology), a perceived societal shift of gender roles toward the characteristically "female"

• Feminization (biology), the hormonally induced development of female sexual characteristics

• Feminization (sexual activity), a sexual or lifestyle practice where a person assumes a female role

Feminization may also refer to:

Health care

• Facial feminization surgery, an umbrella term for gender-affirming reconstructive surgical procedures that alter the face towards a female morphology

• Feminizing hormone therapy, a type of hormone therapy and gender-affirming therapy to change secondary sex characteristics

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

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

Trends

• Feminization of language, the process of making a word or name female

• Feminization of migration, a trend where a higher rate of women migrate to labor or marriage

• Feminization of poverty, a phenomenon in which women represent disproportionate percentages of the world's poor

Feminisation of the workplace, 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, the measurable increase of women's participation in agriculture

See also

• Feminine