Help Please : Man With Feminine Characteristics

[Edward M Dumanis]

How is about "chuvstvennyj muzhchina" in this discourse?

Sincerely,

Edward Dumanis <dumanis at buffalo.edu>

On Tue, 19 Sep 2006, Joshua Adetunji wrote:

> Dear All,
> 
> I am preparing some slides for a translation class and i came up with  
> an idea but need to verify something.
> 
> Sometimes some men are accused or laughed at in English, as having a  
> woman's attributes, hence we can hear things like a 'beautiful  
> man'.This, more often than not, is a derogatory remark and it can be  
> used to create some stylistic effects like humor.
> 
> I was wondering if there was such term as 'beautiful man' in Russian  
> language and culture to describe this typical reversal of character,  
> and which could create the same stylistic effect.
> 
> Obviously, 'krasiviy chilavek' would not only sink the stylistic  
> effect, but also the meaning of the expression in context.Likewise,  
> 'krasivaya zhenshina' will only convey the meaning but not the  
> stylistic effect.
> 
> I just need to know if there is an equivalent expression of this in  
> Russian so i can better structure the class.
> 
> Thank you
> 
> 
> Joshua Adetunji
> Modern Languages and Cultural Studies
> University of Alberta
> 
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