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It's a way to discredit feminism without actually engaging with it at all. | It's a way to discredit feminism without actually engaging with it at all. | ||
==Examples== | |||
Strawfeminists | |||
*hate men | |||
*say all men are rapists | |||
*demand castration of men | |||
*force other women to their ways | |||
*are unreasonable and always angry towards men | |||
*say all women are flawless | |||
*demand female superiority, instead of equality | |||
== | == Further reading == | ||
* [http://ilyka.mu.nu/archives/164836.html Blog Against the Strawfeminist Week] Ilyka Damen (2006/3/23) | * [http://ilyka.mu.nu/archives/164836.html Blog Against the Strawfeminist Week] Ilyka Damen (2006/3/23) | ||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man Wikipedia entry for "straw man"] | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man Wikipedia entry for "straw man"] | ||
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/StrawFeminist StrawFeminist] at TV Tropes wiki | * [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/StrawFeminist StrawFeminist] at TV Tropes wiki | ||
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Latest revision as of 03:51, 7 August 2012
Strawfeminist is a neologism patterned on the straw man fallacy, but as applied to feminism in particular.
It's a way to discredit feminism without actually engaging with it at all.
Examples
Strawfeminists
- hate men
- say all men are rapists
- demand castration of men
- force other women to their ways
- are unreasonable and always angry towards men
- say all women are flawless
- demand female superiority, instead of equality
Further reading
- Blog Against the Strawfeminist Week Ilyka Damen (2006/3/23)
- Wikipedia entry for "straw man"
- StrawFeminist at TV Tropes wiki
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