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parafeminism

parafeminism noun: a variety of feminism that seeks to better the conditions of women but considers men and women to be fundamentally different.

Noun

parafeminism (uncountable)

  1. 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.2013, Michael Trask, Camp Sites: Sex, Politics, and Academic Style in Postwar America, page 201
    • 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 […]2017, Alexandra M. Kokoli, The Feminist Uncanny in Theory and Art Practice, page 61

Origin of parafeminism

From para- + feminism, coined by Amelia Jones.

Questions about parafeminism

What does parafeminism mean?
Parafeminism means a variety of feminism that seeks to better the conditions of women but considers men and women to be fundamentally different.
What part of speech is parafeminism?
Parafeminism is a noun.

Words near parafeminism in the dictionary

  1. parafascicular
  2. parafasciole
  3. parafascioles
  4. parafascism
  5. parafasicular
  6. parafeminism
  7. parafencer
  8. parafencing
  9. parafermion
  10. parafermionic
  11. parafermions

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