Wondering... when did it become bad for...

[Bao Sanniang]

...a man to be associated with fairies?

Heck, the Greeks believed fairies had a glorious king, not a queen.

So I find it odd to say that fairy has to mean "small, delicate, and/or feminine"... especially after Fairly Oddparents with it's depiction of Jorgen von Strangle.

 

[Ghin - Aoiichi]

I think in Shakespeare there are male fairies as well?  

[Faerie KatrinaZ]

*Flutters into the thread out of curiosity.* The realm of Fae includes both genders and have may variations and classifications, both with and without wings. They can be known as fairies, sprites, pixies, brownies, elves and ogres, just to name a few. Most often, Fairies are depicted as being winged females. The male fairy is not uncommon, but appears to be harder to find.

 

[Officer Hot-Pants]

People make unintended connections, and/or cultures focus on certain aspects more than others. For instance, how many male fairies do you see on TV or in the movies? People can only work with what they know, and what they assume.

It's be like how asking how "f**", which simply meant a bundle of sticks, came to be slang for homosexual.

EDIT: Scratch that; I can understand exactly how that came about. lol  

[ThisEmptySoul]

rofl rofl rofl I always knew it was a bundle of sticks, but I still didn't make the connection until just now rofl rofl rofl