anti-female

Against the feminine

Anti-female describes attitudes, policies, or actions hostile to women or femininity.

The term applies to discrimination, bias, or opposition directed specifically at females: anti-female legislation, anti-female rhetoric in online spaces.

It can describe systemic barriers or individual prejudice: The company culture was subtly anti-female.

misogyny

misogynist

One who hates women

patriarchy · chauvinism · hypermasculinity · incel · femicide · objectification · dehumanization · degradation · hostility · contempt

discrimination

sexism

Gender-based prejudice

tokenism · paternalism · gendered · double-standard · marginalization

ideology

patriarchal

Male-authority based

antifeminism · complementarianism · domesticity · submissiveness · manosphere · backlash

Opposites
attitude toward women

anti-femalepro-woman

Supportive of females

feminist · egalitarian · women's rights advocate · matriarchal · gynocentric

target of hostility

anti-femaleanti-male

Opposed to men

misandrist

Family

anti, female, antis, females, feminine, femininity, feminism, feminist, feminists

Familiarity
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG