What is the male equivalent of a feminist? Does it actually exist?
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If you're looking for a nomer(?) for people that (a) believe woman are of equal value as men and/or should have equal opportunites and/or whatever and (b) are male, then, yes, that would simply be a feminist.Join MURCs Distributed Computing effort for Rosetta@Home and help fight Alzheimers, Cancer, Mad Cow disease and rising oil prices.
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Logically, it should be a masculinist, but the word cannot exist as all men are de facto masculinist and would not allow it in the dictionary!!!
However, the word IS masculinist, that the OED defines as:
A. noun. An advocate of the rights of men. E20.
B. adjective. Of or pertaining to the advocacy of the rights of men; characterized by or designating attitudes, values, etc., held to be typical of men. M20.
Interesting the word is early 20th century, whereas feminist is late 19th c.Brian (the devil incarnate)
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Male chaunvanist is the closest I can think of.“Inside every sane person there’s a madman struggling to get outâ€
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So I might be wrong in the sense that Fluff is not looking for a male believing in womans' equal rights but rather in mans' superiority. That would be a masculinist or male chauvanist [pig], most likely depending on ones POV.
Of course, a masculinist is not _the_ opposite of a feminist (as it has two, male superiority and female superiority), so it's not a 'male equivalent' of a feminist.
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Désolé to contradict you, Umf, but compare the OED definition of feminist:
A. adjective. Of or pertaining to feminism or the advocacy of women's equality and rights. L19.
B. noun. An advocate of feminism or women's equality or rights. Cf. earlier FEMININIST. E20.
• femi"nistic adjective E20.
with that of masculinist in my earlier post. So the two are exactly gender opposites.
Hmmm! I was wondering what you call an advocate of gay equality or rights. Ah, got it: a queer! (Only joking!)Brian (the devil incarnate)
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Thanks Brian,
I was looking for masculinist. But in the sense that this guy described it, and the OED. http://www.geocities.com/WestHollywo...dudepower.html
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Yes, it's called a retrosexual.Originally posted by Fluff View Post"For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism."Comment
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Umf, sorry my question wasn't that clearly worded.
I was asking in terms of. What is the male equivalent of a ewe (sheep), and the answer is a ram.
I was curious as to whether it existed. I couldnt find maleist as a real word.______________________________
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No prob.
Brian, I disagree. A feminist is about promoting _equal_ rights for women v0s-a-vis men. A masculanist is about promoting the rights of men. There's no sense of equality in the latter, there is in the former.
Edit: Fluff, having read the first three paragraphs of that dude, I'd say he is indeed a feminist.Last edited by Umfriend; 14 May 2007, 12:29.Join MURCs Distributed Computing effort for Rosetta@Home and help fight Alzheimers, Cancer, Mad Cow disease and rising oil prices.
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Isn't he an equal rights promoter?
BTW: Women and men aren't equal. If you think so, you're missing out on a lot of fun
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In other words: a feminist!Originally posted by az View Post
Indeed, there's other fun stuff you can do with women!BTW: Women and men aren't equal. If you think so, you're missing out on a lot of fun
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