Femspeak
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Femspeak is a noun meaning (derogatory) The characteristic jargon of feminists and feminist discourse.
Meaning
(derogatory) The characteristic jargon of feminists and feminist discourse.
Example Sentences
According to Warren Farrell, an Orwellian “lace curtain” of governing “femspeak” is virtually indistinguishable from the propaganda machinery of tyranny states.
The aim of this jargon-sodden Femspeak is to set up a myth of women artists as a hated underclass, which they were not in 1975 and are not today; in such a scheme, vagina hatred is imputed to men as automatically as penis envy once was to women.
The Bergers assert that “the family is a problem”, and note that the concept of 'gender roles' is merely “femspeak” – a technique for arguing that the assignment of roles within the family is arbitrary and that it can/should be changed, so as to advance women's welfare (p 64).
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include femsymp, factfem, femsplaining, femifascism, femcunt, femmie.
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