antifeminism


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an·ti·fem·i·nist

 (ăn′tē-fĕm′ə-nĭst, ăn′tī-)
adj.
Characterized by ideas or behavior reflecting a disbelief in the economic, political, and social equality of the sexes.

an′ti·fem′i·nism n.
an′ti·fem′i·nist n.
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antifeminism

(ˌæntɪˈfɛmɪnɪzəm)
n
the opposition to feminism
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.antifeminism - activity indicative of belief in the superiority of men over womenantifeminism - activity indicative of belief in the superiority of men over women
sexism - discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of the opposite sex
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Translations
antifeminismi
antifeminizam

antifeminism

[ˌæntɪˈfemɪnɪzəm] Nantifeminismo m
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Mockery as a conservative instrument among libertarians: Pasquim's antifeminism. Revista de Estudos Feministas.
The timeliness of the author's position is clearly articulated in the section titled "Three Components of the Historical Context" (13-20) that include globalization, 9/11 and its aftermath, and antifeminism and postfeminism as lenses with which to view the examples in the following chapters.
(8) (5) In a more widely distributed (and extensively cited) interview following the publication of Retahilas, Martin Gaite endorsed an adjective used to describe the novelistic character who was most like herself: "antifeminista." She qualified her so-called antifeminism by saying that what she truly believed in was freedom for women as well as men (Villan 22).
(31) Jyotsna Singh, 'Renaissance Antitheatricality, Antifeminism, and Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra', Renaissance Drama, 20 (1989), 99-121; Margot Heinemann, '"Let Rome in Tiber Melt": Order and Disorder in Antony and Cleopatra', in Antony and Cleopatra, ed.
According to Susan Faludi, it is a 'backlash' of feminism in a sense of antifeminism; the women who had won their way to political, economic, and social equality of genders, now wanted to rejoice in their beauty and bodily well-being (Faludi, 1991).
Annie Kelly is a PhD student at the University of East Anglia researching the impact of digital cultures on antifeminism and the far right.
"The Woman Card: How feminism and antifeminism created Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump." The New Yorker.
(18) It is such passages that make the antifeminism of Richler's novels seem sinister, much more than a satiric appeal for greater balance within feminist rhetoric and activism.
Mr Davies was speaking at an event last month for Justice for Men and Boys, an antifeminism party whose 2015 election manifesto suggests men should receive their pension earlier than women because they work harder and die younger, and the government should scrap schemes which attempt to increase the proportion of girls and young women studying science, technology, engineering and maths subjects.
They spoke of "women's issues" to avoid the word "feminism," a tactic to keep the antifeminism of the popular movements from dismantling the incipient processes.
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He claims that labels like homophobia and antifeminism push different sexual and gender orientation to the margin.