Athena

alternative Athene

1. Greekhuman sciencesThe goddess of wisdom, especially strategic warfare, the arts, and especially crafts, in particular, weaving; daughter of Zeus and Metis. Her Roman counterpart is Minerva.
2. A city in Umatilla County, Oregon, United States.
3. A female given name from Ancient Greek.

plural Athenas · alternative Athene

1. derogatoryfigurativelyfeminismA woman who colludes with the patriarchy rather than actively opposing it.

   The last thing feminist Athenas see about corporate structures, government, or academia is that they are run by benevolent and all-protective fathers.

   1989, Jennifer Barker Woolger, Roger J. Woolger, The goddess within

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   The latter may become either Athenas or feminists. If one gets a certain sort of male sponsorship, becomes a Daddy's girl, one is allowed to function in these vocations of the righteous […]

   1992, Marilyn Frye, Willful virgin: essays in feminism, 1976-1992, page 141

   Women who do decide to become scientists find themselves under attack from the self-proclaimed "echt" feminists, who call them "Athenas" and "Queen Bees."

   1995, Noretta Koertge, Skeptical Inquirer, volume 19, number 2, page 42