Subtly yet strongly bogus. Being sympathetic to women is not "feminized". Author is attempting to argue that being civilized, observing decorum, is not masculin

Subtly yet strongly bogus. Being sympathetic to women is not "feminized". Author is attempting to argue that being civilized, observing decorum, is not masculine. [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/feminized https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/feminized] feminized adjective fem· i· nized ˈfe-mə-ˌnīzd : made feminine or more feminine … the crucial influence of gay subculture on every style from the Teds [=teddy boys] to the 'feminized New Man' of the late 1980s has been thoroughly discussed … —Margaret Sarkissian : notably female or feminine in quality or character