girl power
Female empowerment ethos
Girl power is feminist confidence and solidarity among women, especially the assertive, celebratory variety associated with 1990s pop culture.
The term emphasizes female capability, independence, and mutual support: The Spice Girls made girl power their brand.
It can sound earnest or ironic depending on context.
- sisterhoodBond among women
- feminismAdvocacy for sex equality
- womanhoodAdult female state
- confidenceSelf-assurance or trust
- womanpowerFemale labor capacity
women supporting women · women's suffrage · equality · independence · feminist movement · role models · riot grrrl · solidarity · activism · Mel B · badass · strength · rally · liberation · pride · unstoppable · bold · queen
- gender humorgender stereotypes, husband jokes, wife jokes, dating humor, mansplaining
- Modern Feminismintersectionality, riot grrrl, reproductive rights, workplace equality, pay equity
- Women's Empowermentfeminism, gender equality, women's rights, female leadership, sisterhood
- girlhood themescoming of age, innocence, femininity, adolescence, youth
- girls fictionheroines, schoolgirls, princesses, coming-of-age, friendship
- girls' empowermentself-esteem, confidence, leadership, mentorship, role models
girl powermale supremacy
Men's assumed superiority
male dominance · patriarchy · misogyny · male chauvinism · toxic masculinity
girl powerdamsel in distress
Woman needing rescue
subservience · learned helplessness · meekness · docility · shrinking violet
girl powerpatriarchy
Male-dominated social order
sexism · antifeminism · coverture · barefoot and pregnant · feminine mystique
power, girl, powerful, girlfriend, empower, powerless, girls, powers, girlish