white coatee as a warm weather option

[Nathan]

I guess it depends on which definition you grew up with. To me, the word does have that association. YMMV.

From the Oxford dictionary:-

1.2 (Of a man) weak or effeminate:he chatted away, exercising his rather effete charm
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/de...english/effete

That's interesting. Thanks for posting the Oxford definition which has expanded my understanding of the term. The Google definition that comes up is:

adjective: effete (of a person) affected, overrefined, and ineffectual.
"effete trendies from art college"
synonyms: affected, pretentious, precious, mannered, overrefined;
ineffectual;
informalla-di-da
"effete trendies"
antonyms: unpretentious
no longer capable of effective action.
"the authority of an effete aristocracy began to dwindle"
synonyms: weak, enfeebled, enervated, worn out, exhausted, finished, drained, spent, powerless, ineffectual
"the fabric of society is effete"

Oxford's definition combined with this one seems to point to a previous generation's unfortunate equivalency between being female or like a female and being ineffective or powerless.