Strawfeminist

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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