The Italians were presented as effeminate, cowardly and presumptuous, the Germans as arrogant. The officer by portraying him as an effeminate, wig bearing, conceited fool. Heterosexual men and boys with effeminate characteristics ran the risk of being scorned as well. Americans view the French as effeminate and cowardly. Those who adopt the former perspective have thus criticized Lokeans as effeminate and sexually deviant. The singer Rain is the embodiment of effeminate hyper-masculinity. This produced an unusual gait, and he was mocked for his allegedly effeminate appearance. Both men were soft, effeminate and eccentric. Hermaphroditus was the god of hermaphrodites and of effeminate men. The song characterized as populated by effeminate men and frigid women. Heracles, upon seeing the effeminate Dionysus dressed up like himself, can't help laughing. Some cultures have three defined genders&colon; man, woman, and effeminate man. David is both physically delicate and remarkably effeminate. Bergdorf describes growing up as a "very effeminate boy". The term rendered as "effeminate" is "malakoi", with a literal meaning of "soft".