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brocialist

noun

Etymology

Blend of bro + socialist.

Definitions

  1. A male socialist, especially one with masculinist views.

  2. A male socialist, leftist or progressive accused of downplaying women's issues, or…

    A male socialist, leftist or progressive accused of downplaying women's issues, or displaying an alleged misogynistic or macho attitude.

    • My experience is that ‘brocialists' don’t openly embrace patriarchy; they deny it’s a problem.
    • Often, brocialism manifests at left-wing powwows. Someone raises a feminist grievance. The brocialist instructs her that she is distracted from the paramount issue, namely class.
    • Pin them down, and the brocialists defend their blokeishness by saying that gender issues are essentially a second-order of importance, that there are bigger struggles which define our politics today.

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