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parafeminism

noun

Etymology

From para- + feminism, coined by Amelia Jones.

  1. derived from fēminīnus
  2. borrowed from féminisme
  3. prefixed as parafeminism — “para + feminism”

Definitions

  1. A variety of feminism that seeks to better the conditions of women but considers men and…

    A variety of feminism that seeks to better the conditions of women but considers men and women to be fundamentally different.

    • Parafeminism encourages women to become equal to men by becoming more pleasing to them.
    • Understanding gender 'as a question rather than an answer', contextual, nonprescriptive and inherently intersectional, parafeminism sheds 'some of the closures and limitations' of the second wave […]

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