anti-feminists
Women's movement opponents
Anti-feminists are people who oppose feminism or feminist movements.
The term covers a range from those who reject specific feminist positions to those hostile to gender equality broadly.
Some self-identify as anti-feminist; others receive the label from critics: Anti-feminists flooded the comments section.
The singular anti-feminist works as both noun and adjective: an anti-feminist backlash.
Adherence to inherited customs
- conservatismPreference for existing institutions
- patriarchyMale-dominated social order
- male dominanceMen's systemic societal control
- chauvinismMilitant devotion to group
misogyny · sexism · complementarianism · manosphere · red pill · men's rights · paternalism · gender hierarchy
Advocating to decision-makers
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- backlashStrong negative reaction
- boycottOrganized economic protest
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
petition · resistance · grassroots · coalition · online harassment · trolling · doxxing · propaganda
Judgment of faults
- polemicAggressive argumentative discourse
- debateFormal argument on issues
- disagreementAbsence of shared opinion
- rejectionDenial of acceptance
dismissal · strawman · whataboutism · victimhood · grievance · talking points · culture war · political correctness
Primary household earner
- housewifeHome-focused married woman
- homemakerOne who manages a household
- domesticityLife centered around home
- providerOne who furnishes things
masculinity · gender norms · traditional family · submissive · chivalry · maternal instinct · natural order · gender binary
traditionalism
Adherence to inherited customs
- conservatismPreference for existing institutions
- patriarchyMale-dominated social order
- male dominanceMen's systemic societal control
chauvinism · misogyny · sexism · complementarianism · manosphere · red pill · men's rights · paternalism · gender hierarchy · male supremacy
lobbying
Advocating to decision-makers
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- backlashStrong negative reaction
- boycottOrganized economic protest
campaign · petition · resistance · grassroots · coalition · online harassment · trolling · doxxing · propaganda · pressure group
criticism
Judgment of faults
- polemicAggressive argumentative discourse
- debateFormal argument on issues
- disagreementAbsence of shared opinion
rejection · dismissal · strawman · whataboutism · victimhood · grievance · talking points · culture war · political correctness · cancel culture
breadwinner
Primary household earner
- housewifeHome-focused married woman
- homemakerOne who manages a household
- domesticityLife centered around home
provider · masculinity · gender norms · traditional family · submissive · chivalry · maternal instinct · natural order · gender binary · nuclear family
anti-feministsfeminists
Gender equality proponents
feminist activists · women's rights advocates · suffragettes · suffragists · radical feminists