soy boy
English
Alternative forms
- soyboy
Etymology
From the idea that men who prefer soy to dairy and meat are weak and feminine,[1] and based on the myth that the naturally occurring phytoestrogen in soy feminizes men. See Soybean (Wikipedia) for more.
Noun
soy boy (plural soy boys)
- (Internet slang, derogatory) An effeminate or unmasculine man.
- Synonyms: (slang) cuck, beta, man child; see also Thesaurus:effeminate man
- Antonyms: (a strong man) hunk, macho, (slang) Chad; see also Thesaurus:hypermasculine man
Related terms
- soy face
References
- Paul Rozin; Julia M. Hormes; Myles S. Faith; Brian Wansink (October 2012), “Is Meat Male? A Quantitative Multi-Method Framework to Establish Metaphoric Relationships”, in Journal of Consumer Research, volume 39, issue 3, DOI:, archived from the original on 2019-06-24, retrieved 13 January 2019: “To the strong, traditional, macho, bicep-flexing, All-American male, red meat is a strong, traditional, macho, bicep-flexing, All-American food. Soy is not. To eat it, they would have to give up a food they saw as strong and powerful like themselves for a food they saw as weak and wimpy.”