emasculating
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Emasculate \E*mas"cu*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emasculated; p. pr. & vb. n. Emasculating.] [L. emasculare; e + masculus male, masculine. See Male masculine.]
1.To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate power; to castrate; to geld. [1913 Webster]
2.To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness. [1913 Webster]
Luxury had not emasculated their minds.— V. Knox.[1913 Webster]