libbers
Freedom movement members
Libbers is a casual, sometimes dismissive term for advocates of liberation movements, almost always referring to women's libbers—feminists associated with the women's liberation movement of the 1960s and 70s.
The word carries a faintly mocking tone: Those libbers are at it again.
It sounds dated now, echoing debates from an earlier generation.
Gender equality proponents
- suffragettesFemale voting-rights activists
- campaignersPeople promoting a cause
- protestersThose publicly opposing something
- marchersThose who walk together
demonstrators · picketers · organizers · advocates · agitators · radicals · militants · reformers
Advocacy for sex equality
- suffrageRight to cast ballots
- equal rightsIdentical legal protections
- consciousness-raisingIncreasing social or political awareness
- NOWWomen's rights organization
Greer · reproductive rights · Title IX · gender equality · emancipation · enfranchisement · empowerment · sisterhood
Same status for all
- rightsJustified claims to freedoms
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- oppressionUnjust exercise of power
- patriarchyMale-dominated social order
sexism · discrimination · glass ceiling · wage gap · reproductive freedom · bodily autonomy · choice · empowerment
Insulting group label
- dismissiveShowing contemptuous disregard
- mockingScornfully imitating or ridiculing
- derogatoryExpressing criticism or disrespect
- disparagingExpressing negative judgment
epithet · stereotype · backlash · anti-feminist · chauvinist · reactionary · ridicule · caricature
feminists
Gender equality proponents
- suffragettesFemale voting-rights activists
- campaignersPeople promoting a cause
- protestersThose publicly opposing something
marchers · demonstrators · picketers · organizers · advocates · agitators · radicals · militants · reformers · crusaders
feminism
Advocacy for sex equality
- suffrageRight to cast ballots
- equal rightsIdentical legal protections
- consciousness-raisingIncreasing social or political awareness
NOW · Greer · reproductive rights · Title IX · gender equality · emancipation · enfranchisement · empowerment · sisterhood · patriarchy
equality
Same status for all
- rightsJustified claims to freedoms
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- oppressionUnjust exercise of power
patriarchy · sexism · discrimination · glass ceiling · wage gap · reproductive freedom · bodily autonomy · choice · empowerment · consciousness
slur
Insulting group label
- dismissiveShowing contemptuous disregard
- mockingScornfully imitating or ridiculing
- derogatoryExpressing criticism or disrespect
disparaging · epithet · stereotype · backlash · anti-feminist · chauvinist · reactionary · ridicule · caricature · Rush Limbaugh
libberstraditionalists
Upholders of established customs
anti-feminists · male chauvinists · sexists · misogynists · chauvinists
libbersconservatives
Advocates for gradual change
reactionaries · social conservatives · right-wingers · regressives · squares
- ad libbedPerformed without preparation
- women's libbersFemale equality movement members