man-scaping
man-scaping is the present participle and gerund of man-scape.
man-scaping is the alternative form of manscaping.
Meaning of manscaping
Noun
manscaping (uncountable)
- The practice of, or results from, trimming or shaving a male's hair, typically other than the hair atop and behind his head. The term applies most frequently to facial hair, including that of the eyebrows, ears, and nostrils; somewhat frequently to shoulders and back; less frequently to buttocks and pubes; infrequently to arms and legs.
- From this perspective, manscaping with the motive for sexual appeal seems part of this ever-escalating effort of advanced capitalism to domesticate all dimensions of sexuality (and nature).2010, Lisa Jean Moore, Mary Kosut, The Body Reader: Essential Social and Cultural Readings, →ISBN, page 297
Questions about man-scaping
- What is man-scaping the present participle and gerund of?
- Man-scaping is the present participle and gerund of man-scape.
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