What is another word for anti-feminist?

Pronunciation: [ˈantifˈɛmɪnˌɪst] (IPA)

There are several words that are closely associated with the term "anti-feminist," which refers to individuals who oppose feminist movements and ideas. One alternative word to describe such a person is "misogynist," which is used to describe someone who holds prejudice and hatred towards women. Another related term is "chauvinist," which refers to individuals who believe in male superiority and often show sexist behavior. "Sexist" is another word that can be used to describe someone who discriminates against individuals based on their gender. Overall, these words are used to describe individuals who resist and oppose gender equality and privilege patriarchal values.

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Famous quotes with Anti-feminist

  • No man is as anti-feminist as a really feminine woman.
    Frank O'Connor
  • Anti-feminism is also operating whenever any political group is ready to sacrifice one group of women, one faction, some women, some kinds of women, to any element of sex-class oppression: to pornography, to rape, to battery, to economic exploitation, to reproductive exploitation, to prostitution. There are women all along the male-defined political spectrum, including both extreme ends of it, ready to sacrifice some women, usually not themselves, to the brothels or the farms. The sacrifice is profoundly anti-feminist; it is also profoundly immoral...
    Andrea Dworkin
  • Ironically, when it was released in 1979 it was challenged by feminists who thought it was anti-feminist and by anti-feminists who thought it was feminist. I was trying to walk a nice gray line but people who feel strongly about a subject don’t want a gray line. They want it to be all black or all white.
    Lois Duncan

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