prefeminist
Prior to feminism
Prefeminist describes the era, attitudes, or conditions before feminism emerged as a movement or before feminist consciousness developed in a person or society.
It can characterize historical periods prefeminist literature, traditional attitudes prefeminist assumptions about women's roles, or someone's earlier worldview: Looking back, my prefeminist self accepted a lot I wouldn't tolerate now.
Controlled primarily by men
- sexismGender-based prejudice
- misogynyHostility toward women
- chauvinismMilitant devotion to group
- paternalismControlling others for their good
hegemony · masculinist · gender bias · male privilege · old boys' club · patrilineal · patrilocal · breadwinner
Life centered around home
- homemakerOne who manages a household
- housewifeHome-focused married woman
- gender rolesExpected behaviors by sex
- childrearingRaising and nurturing offspring
nurturing · sewing · knitting · cooking · baking · maternity · chastity · modesty
Right to cast ballots
- suffragistVoting rights advocate
- enfranchisementGranting citizenship rights
- abolitionismMovement to end oppression
- antebellumBefore a war's start
reform · temperance · progressivism · emancipation · coverture · transcendentalism · bloomers · victorian
male-dominated
Controlled primarily by men
- sexismGender-based prejudice
- misogynyHostility toward women
- chauvinismMilitant devotion to group
paternalism · hegemony · masculinist · gender bias · male privilege · old boys' club · patrilineal · patrilocal · breadwinner · machismo
domesticity
Life centered around home
- homemakerOne who manages a household
- housewifeHome-focused married woman
- gender rolesExpected behaviors by sex
childrearing · nurturing · sewing · knitting · cooking · baking · maternity · chastity · modesty · decorum
suffrage
Right to cast ballots
- suffragistVoting rights advocate
- enfranchisementGranting citizenship rights
- abolitionismMovement to end oppression
antebellum · reform · temperance · progressivism · emancipation · coverture · transcendentalism · bloomers · victorian · nineteenth-century
prefeministpostfeminist
Era presuming gender equality
feminist · liberated · emancipated · egalitarian · women's rights advocate
feminist, feminism, feminists, antifeminist, postfeminist, feminine, femininity, feminineness, femininely