feminist
Gender equality supporter
A feminist advocates for women's rights and gender equality, or holds beliefs aligned with that movement.
As an adjective, feminist describes ideas, policies, or works informed by these principles: feminist theory, a feminist reading of the text.
The term ranges from neutral descriptor to proud self-identification to dismissive label, depending on speaker and context.
Male-dominated social order
- intersectionalityInterconnected identity-based discrimination study
- gender rolesExpected behaviors by sex
- sexismGender-based prejudice
- misogynyHostility toward women
male gaze · objectification · gender bias · privilege · oppression · hegemony · binary · social construction
Supportive partner
- championTop competitor, or advocate
- supporterOne who backs another
- proponentOne who advocates something
- defenderOne who guards another
activist · campaigner · crusader · voice · spokesperson · backer · trailblazer · pioneer
Right to cast ballots
- suffragistVoting rights advocate
- first waveInitial group arriving
- second waveRecurring spike after lull
- fourth waveRecent feminist movement phase
Seneca Falls · women's liberation · consciousness-raising · ERA · reproductive justice · #MeToo · Time's Up · riot grrrl
State of being equal
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
- fairnessJust and equal treatment
- equal rightsIdentical legal protections
- anti-discriminationOpposing unfair differential treatment
egalitarianism · inclusivity · equal pay · reproductive rights · workplace equality · Title IX · gender parity · opportunity
Public expression of disapproval
- marchRhythmic group walk
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- rallyGathering for a cause
boycott · petition · grassroots · advocacy · lobbying · civil disobedience · consciousness-raising · strike
Power to act
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- liberationRelease from constraint
- independenceFreedom from external control
confidence · assertiveness · self-worth · resilience · strength · sisterhood · solidarity · uplift
patriarchy
Male-dominated social order
- intersectionalityInterconnected identity-based discrimination study
- gender rolesExpected behaviors by sex
- sexismGender-based prejudice
misogyny · male gaze · objectification · gender bias · privilege · oppression · hegemony · binary · social construction · essentialism
ally
Supportive partner
- championTop competitor, or advocate
- supporterOne who backs another
- proponentOne who advocates something
defender · activist · campaigner · crusader · voice · spokesperson · backer · trailblazer · pioneer · role model
suffrage
Right to cast ballots
- suffragistVoting rights advocate
- first waveInitial group arriving
- second waveRecurring spike after lull
fourth wave · Seneca Falls · women's liberation · consciousness-raising · ERA · reproductive justice · #MeToo · Time's Up · riot grrrl · womanism
parity
State of being equal
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
- fairnessJust and equal treatment
- equal rightsIdentical legal protections
anti-discrimination · egalitarianism · inclusivity · equal pay · reproductive rights · workplace equality · Title IX · gender parity · opportunity · access
protest
Public expression of disapproval
- marchRhythmic group walk
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
rally · boycott · petition · grassroots · advocacy · lobbying · civil disobedience · consciousness-raising · strike · sit-in
agency
Power to act
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- liberationRelease from constraint
independence · confidence · assertiveness · self-worth · resilience · strength · sisterhood · solidarity · uplift · reclaiming
- femaleswoman, girl, lady, mother, daughter
- Feministssuffragist, suffragette, Gloria Steinem, Betty Friedan, Susan B. Anthony
- reformersreformers, reformer, social reformers, social reformer, political reformer
- activistsactivist, Martin Luther King Jr., civil rights activists, protester, campaigner
- advocatesadvocate, activist, campaigner, crusader, defender
- women's rolesmother, wife, daughter, sister, grandmother
feministantifeminist
Opposes women's equality movement
misogynist · woman-hater · male chauvinist · sexist · chauvinist
feministtraditionalist
Adherent to established customs
conservative · reactionary · social conservative · paleoconservative · right-winger
- feminine nameTitle given to females
- feminine rolesRoles for women
- feminine productsMenstrual hygiene supplies
- radical feministsThose wanting fundamental gender change
- feminine hygieneMenstrual product category
- feminist movementCampaign for gender equality
feminine, feminism, femininity, unfeminine, antifeminism, feminize, feminists, feminized, femininely