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- noun A supporter of
feminism .
Etymologies
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Examples
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In a comment he made to Jennifer [McLune] on her Facebook page, he noted how he's been challenged by feminists to also identify himself as a feminist because, for them, the term "profeminist" makes it seem like the man is not really willing to stand up with feminists, but rather will find it sufficient to somewhat passively support feminists, applauding from the sidelines.
Jezebel 2009
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The lessons and example they provided contributed to your development as a profeminist, anti-war man.
Jackson Katz: Fathers, Sons and Guns: An Interview With USC Sociologist and Author Michael Messner Jackson Katz 2011
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The lessons and example they provided contributed to your development as a profeminist, anti-war man.
Jackson Katz: Fathers, Sons and Guns: An Interview With USC Sociologist and Author Michael Messner Jackson Katz 2011
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Smith, a staunch profeminist, spent a year with their infant son as the primary caretaker, and writes a very intelligent and engaging blog called "Daddy Dialectic".
Kari Henley: No Child Left Behind = All Boys Left Behind 2009
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I encounter this issue periodically as a profeminist male.
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But when you say that you are a profeminist man that means that you are going to take into consideration your actions and the impact it has on women.
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You know this is really sad when other feminist women and profeminist men critique another profeminist man - it is not called ‘bullying’.
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After a post on the exceptionally smart collaborative, feminist profeminist site, Alas, A Blog on the ineluctably anti-feminist nutjob, Phyllis Schafly, I went off again on that topic with which I cannot help but be engaged: what it means to
Phyllis Schlafly: Punishing Spousal Rape Like Rape Is Malicious 2006
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Although Faludi was right that the media in the 1980s was not profeminist, young people seemed to ignore this.
Generation Me Ph.D. Jean M. Twenge 2006
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Although Faludi was right that the media in the 1980s was not profeminist, young people seemed to ignore this.
Generation Me Ph.D. Jean M. Twenge 2006
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