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  • noun A proponent of neofeminism.

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neo- +‎ feminist

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Examples

  • That doesn't mean that all or nearly all heterosexual sex is rape -- a straw man initially constructed by a few radical feminists and conveniently embraced by the media cave men and their neofeminist friends.

    Balancing Act 2008

  • This wariness was exacerbated by neofeminist propaganda to the effect that men were natural aggressors—that they maintained dominance by physically intimidating and abusing women and children.

    Parenting by the Book John Rosemond 2007

  • To be entirely clear, I'm not trying to pull some neofeminist or essentialist bullshit where I suggest that all direct action is a form of violence rooted in the patriarchy, or that violence is macho, or that struggle itself is somehow "masculine." (ahem.)

    Kasama tellnolies 2010

  • To be entirely clear, I'm not trying to pull some neofeminist or essentialist bullshit where I suggest that all direct action is a form of violence rooted in the patriarchy, or that violence is macho, or that struggle itself is somehow "masculine." (ahem.)

    Kasama tellnolies 2010

  • Like her previous release, she has songs about her family and about the real world, a lot with a neofeminist angle that is cheeky and honest.

    Richard Carrier Blogs 2009

  • The grungy vibe of Variety is itself a window on the past - only at the nascent launch of a DIY indie wave in the post-60s period could you, or would you, set an interrogatory neofeminist psychodrama like this in a Times Square grindhouse devoted exclusively to cheap Euro-porn. "

    GreenCine Daily 2009

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