brocialist

plural brocialists

1. derogatoryslangA male socialist, especially one with masculinist views.
2. derogatoryslangA male socialist, leftist or progressive accused of downplaying women's issues, or displaying an alleged misogynistic or macho attitude.

   My experience is that ‘brocialists' don’t openly embrace patriarchy; they deny it’s a problem.

   2013, Richard Seymour, quoted in Laurie Penny, "Laurie Penny on Brand, iconoclasm, and a woman's place in the revolution", New Statesman, 2 November 2013

   2 more examples

   Often, brocialism manifests at left-wing powwows. Someone raises a feminist grievance. The brocialist instructs her that she is distracted from the paramount issue, namely class.

   2014 January 8, Marc Tracy, “How to Talk to a 'Brocialist'”, in New Republic

   Pin them down, and the brocialists defend their blokeishness by saying that gender issues are essentially a second-order of importance, that there are bigger struggles which define our politics today.

   2015 September 14, Cathy Newman, “Welcome to Jeremy Corbyn's blokey Britain - where 'brocialism' rules”, in The Telegraph

   Synonyms: brogressive