2 Metaphors for passives

According to most of our writers on English grammar, the Present or Imperfect Participle Passive is always a compound of being and the form of the perfect participle: as, being loved, being seen.

Nor has luxury only changed our natures, but transformed our sexes: We have men that are more soft, more languid, and more passive than women.

2 Metaphors for  passives