bra burners
Sixties women's movement
Bra burners is a dismissive or mocking term for feminists, particularly those associated with the women's liberation movement of the late 1960s and 1970s.
The term stems from a persistent myth that feminists burned their bras at protests, though this appears to have never actually happened.
Despite its dubious origins, the phrase stuck as a way to trivialize feminist activism.
My uncle still calls any woman with strong opinions a bra burner.
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